Europe is burning in this summer

[Quantum Quack]

But since you are both a doomsayer and a sensationalist, I'm not sure your opinion means a great deal to me.

well it ain't going to get any better, that's almost for sure...

 

[Sarkus]

well it ain't going to get any better, that's almost for sure...

Your opinion isn't going to get any better?? Thanks for the warning!

 

[billvon]

This is actually quite common already, and not just in China. When you have prolonged dry periods followed by heavy downpours you tend to get flash floods, as the ground is so dry that it can't actually absorb the rain quickly enough, so just runs off the hard surface. The ideal rainfall for the ground is light but prolonged.

Yep. Unfortunately, one of the characteristics of climate change (warming surface/colder upper atmosphere) is drier ground/more intense rainfalls.