Downpours

While some U.S. regions and some types of agricultural production will be relatively resilient to climate change over the next 25 years or so, others will increasingly suffer from stresses due to extreme heat, drought, disease, and heavy downpours.

Heavy downpours are increasing nationally, especially over the last three to five decades.

Parts of eastern Australia have seen their heaviest downpours in more than 30 years.

The government's delay in issuing evacuation advisories has been identified as a main factor in the loss of so many lives during the torrential downpours.

He noted that lower areas hit with unusually strong downpours had the worst flooding.