How two 1-in-1,000 year rain events hit the U.S. in two days https://t.co/HjRdBdMpyv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 30, 2022
Climate change has rendered obsolete the concept of once a century or even once a millennium events. The baseline is changing so fast that those concepts no longer apply https://t.co/t6W6CBYoZU
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) July 29, 2022
Flash floods, like in Las Vegas, are deadlier than hurricanes, tornadoes or lightning https://t.co/VCpPlmbfV2
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) July 30, 2022
Flash floods around the Las Vegas Strip produced leaks that swamped carpets on gaming floors. https://t.co/iW2O4nvr0J
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 29, 2022
It’s rained for 2 days in a row in Vegas which, in the desert, qualifies as a biblical flood.
— Architect 🇺🇦 (@DataCommandant) July 29, 2022
One inch of rain is equivalent to 11% of the entire annual water consumption for the Las Vegas valley. https://t.co/0IpUPM0BD7
How do you keep yourself and your family safe when flash flooding strikes at night? Here's a checklist.
— CNN (@CNN) July 30, 2022
✅ Know your risk
✅ Be aware
✅ Don't shut off your cell phone alerts
✅ Own a weather radio
✅ Have a planhttps://t.co/FjWEDML9Lb
Heavy rain throughout Southcentral Alaska during the past week is expected to continue, setting the stage to make this July one of the wettest on record in Anchorage. https://t.co/DX1nsNGruo
— Anchorage Daily News (@adndotcom) July 20, 2022
It’s the third 1-in-1,000-year rain event in the Lower 48 states in about a week.https://t.co/s8r62fjvrn
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 2, 2022
Sad! 