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More Downpours: Increase in Heaviest Precip Events

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More Downpours: Increase in Heaviest Precip Events

  • Published: Feb 28th, 2018

The number of days each year with extreme rainfall is, on average, increasing in every region of the U.S.

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  • More Downpours: Increase in Heaviest Precip Events

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