Dubai Flooding Was Up to 40% More Intense Due to Climate Change

Greenhouse gas emissions made recent deadly flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman anywhere from 10% to 40% more intense than it would have been in the preindustrial era, according to a rapid analysis of the event by the World Weather Attribution research initiative. Major storms come irregularly to the southeastern Arabian Peninsula. When they do, they tend to land under conditions of El Niño, the occasional warming of the eastern equatorial Pacific that plays havoc with weather around the world. (An El Niño has been in place since...