It appears that we have entered an era of flash flooding. Almost every day, at least one (and usually several) such events occur in this country, courtesy of torrential rain from training thunderstorms.
Most recently, the flooding has occurred across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest but no region east of the Rockies has been spared. Following the rim of hot, high pressure domes, the storms, which already carry saturated air, feed off this heat energy.
No doubt, global warming is playing a major role in the development of these destructive events. Though denied by the Trump Administration, climate change will produce such weather patterns for decades or centuries to come; both cities and small towns must assess their risk and prepare for the inevitable.
