“There is evidence that climate change is increasing these underlying factors, supporting the development of more intense 'bomb cyclones' and nor'easters, packing tropical storm–scale winds and dumping huge amounts of precipitation.”
Climate change could be the reason flooding in the Midwest has risen to historic levels, as states such as Nebraska, Iowa and Wisconsin have declared states of emergency. If ocean warming continues, these types of floods and storms will likely get worse.
“This latest storm system, like classic Nor’easters, derives its energy in part from the warm moist air off the ocean. In this case, we’re talking about very warm Gulf of Mexico sea-surface temperatures, providing the storm with lots of moisture and lots of energy. As the oceans continue to warm, we expect larger contrasts between cold Arctic air masses and warm oceans that they meet, and temperature contrasts are part of what drives a typical midlatitude storm,” Mann told Newsweek.
Three people died from the storm, including an 80-year-old woman from Columbus, Nebraska, who was trapped in her home during the flooding, the Omaha-World Herald reported. As of Monday, the National Weather Service said there was still significant flooding.
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