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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Eric Holthaus

How climate crisis makes rainstorms that flooded New York more common

people in flood water
Folks try to cross the raging flood waters on Richmond Street in Plainfield, New Jersey, on Monday. Photograph: Brian Branch Price/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock

Monday night’s downpour was one of the most intense rainstorms in New York City history, the kind of storm that’s now happening much more often due to climate warming.

More than 2in of rain fell in New York City’s Central Park in the 7pm hour on Monday evening, part of a regional downpour that filled the city’s highways and subway tunnels and prompted several water rescues.

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