Climate change is intensifying the variability of precipitation due to extreme daily and overall rainfall events. Awareness of the effects of these events is crucial for understanding the complex ...

Extreme rainfall events are associated with an increased risk of death from all causes as well as from heart and lung diseases, finds an analysis of data from 34 countries and regions published by The ...

National precipitation forecasting has for decades been hamstrung by static and inadequate climate models, but new tools are ...