#ClimateCrisis #NorthCarolina #Texas
"Tropical Storm Chantal dumped as much as a foot of rain across portions of central North Carolina Sunday into early Monday morning.
Just a few days before, central Texas saw over two feet of rain from a combination of the remnants of Tropical Storm Berry and a separate low pressure system.
These heavy rainfall events are becoming more and more common and can be directly linked to our planet becoming warmer.
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This all feeds back into the atmosphere. Warmer air can hold more water vapor: about 4% for every 1°F increase. That means the warmer the atmosphere gets, the more rain (or snow, occasionally for us) will fall out of each shower or storm.
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The bottom line is relatively straightforward. Warmer air holds warmer water vapor because as air gets warmer, it has more kinetic energy. That causes each individual air molecule to move faster and collide at a higher rate with water molecules."
https://www.cbs17.com/weather/warmer-air-can-hold-more-water-how-climate-change-is-increasing-heavy-rain-events/
’s & the #Surfside condo collapse. For #HurricaneHelene 24 teams got to states immediately after landfall in late Sept, & stayed in #northcarolina thru early Oct.”
