Study: Flooding in Central Europe to get worse

Climate change has doubled the risk of severe flooding in Central Europe, and with further global warming caused by fossil fuels, floods will become more destructive, according to the results of a new study by World Weather Attribution, in which Czech experts took part. The study showed that the recent rainfall caused by Storm Boris was the heaviest that experts have yet recorded in Central Europe. According to the study, the likelihood of heavy rainfall like that brought by Storm Boris has doubled due to climate change and there is a risk that it could be seven percent heavier in the years to come. If the planet warms to two degrees Celsius, which is expected by 2050, similar storms will drop at least five percent more rain and occur 50 percent more frequently than now, the report says.