Global warming has caused an increase in the amount of moisture in the air, leading to an increase in the number of severe precipitation events. Whether or not this storm would have happened with or w/o global warming, the added moisture would add to the amount of rainfall during it.http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-floods-death-toll-mounts/
May 1, 2016
PALESTINE, Texas -- Authorities have found a sixth body following flash flooding in East Texas that also killed a woman and her four great-grandchildren.
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More than 7 inches of rain fell in less than an hour late Friday evening, swamping a neighborhood and forcing some people onto their roofs.
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Palestine [Texas] Mayor Bob Herrington signed an emergency declaration on Saturday, saying that he had not seen so much water rise so fast in the 59 years he'd lived there.
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https://weather.com/storms/tornado/news/severe-weather-late-week-storms-tornado-late-april-2016
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Sunday morning, heavy rain caused significant flooding in southern Louisiana, including reports of cars submerged on Interstate 49 north of Lafayette and reports of water entering some homes. Rainfall totals of 6 to 9 inches had been reported from Sunday midnight through Sunday late morning.
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tags: severe weather
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