Hurricane Ian dumped 10% more rain due to climate change — research

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Climate change increased the rainfall from Hurricane Ian by more than 10 percent, according to a new quick-fire analysis, as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States devastated parts of Florida.

Ian "could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history", President Joe Biden said after the storm brought ferocious winds, turned streets into churning rivers that swept away homes and left an unknown number of casualties.

The researchers compared simulations of today's world -- which has warmed nearly 1.2 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times -- with counterfactual simulations of a world without human-induced climate change. Although the total number of tropical storms, or cyclones, may not increase, scientists say warming is whipping up more powerful cyclones with stronger winds and more precipitation.

 

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