What caused deadly floods in Spain? The impact of DANA explained

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-30 21:53:11 | Updated at 2024-10-31 17:30:13 19 hours ago

What caused deadly floods in Spain? The impact of DANA explained
Reuters ^ | October 30, 2024 | By Andrei Khalip

Posted on 10/30/2024 2:34:40 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Oct 30 (Reuters) - Catastrophic flash floods that have killed at least 72 people in Spain are caused by a destructive weather system in which cold and warm air meet and produce powerful rain clouds, a pattern believed to be growing more frequent due to climate change.

The phenomenon is known locally as DANA, a Spanish acronym for high-altitude isolated depression, and unlike common storms or squalls it can form independently of polar or subtropical jet streams.

While experts say it will take time to analyse all the data to determine if this particular DANA was caused by climate change, most agree that an increase in temperature of the Mediterranean and warmer and more humid atmospheric conditions contribute to producing more frequent extreme episodes.

"We're going to see more of these flash floods in the future. This has the fingerprints of climate change on it, these terribly heavy rainfalls, and these devastating floods," said Hannah Cloke, professor of hydrology at the University of Reading.

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2 posted on 10/30/2024 2:38:16 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")

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4 posted on 10/30/2024 2:46:32 PM PDT by CTyank

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The rain in Spain stays mainly ... on the ground.

6 posted on 10/30/2024 2:50:28 PM PDT by Zathras

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