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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Lucinda Cameron

Extreme rain linked to train derailment likelier due to climate change – study

A train derailment in August 2020 claimed three lives (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

Extreme rain conditions similar to those linked to a fatal train derailment five years ago will become more common due to climate change, according to a new study.

Researchers found that intense deluges like one that preceded a derailment at Carmont near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, which claimed three lives in August 2020 are between 15% and 20% more likely in future due to the warming environment.

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