The journal Nature Climate Change points out that those who live in the U.S. Midwest are no strangers to devastating floods. Last summer, according to the journal, the region was “inundated with two month’s worth of rainfall in just one week, submerging farms and killing crops. Torrential downpours following a drought in Illinois in 2013 led to flooding that cost $1 billion.
The journal reports that Midwest flooding in 2008 caused “24 deaths and $15 billion in losses. Across the country, the United States has suffered from more than $260 billion in flood-related damages between 1980 and 2013 — it’s the most common natural disaster experienced by Americans, according to FEMA.” The important message according to the research is to expect more of that in a climate-changed world.
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