Webinar: Understanding the climate connection with the devastating Texas floods

July 8, 2025

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About this webinar:

After this weekend’s deadly floods in Texas, many are asking: what made this storm so extreme, and is this climate change? While devastating, events like this are no longer surprising. Our warming world, coupled with locations that remain vulnerable, is leading to unnatural disasters like this one becoming more and more likely.  

Join us for a conversation between climate and weather experts as we break down the meteorology behind the disaster, the role of climate change, and the critical importance of local officials, the National Weather Service, NOAA, and FEMA in forecasting, preparedness, and response.

We will examine how climate change is fueling more intense rainfall and flooding — and answer your questions about what happened, why it was so severe, and what it means for the future.

Speakers:

• Bernadette Woods Placky, Chief Meteorologist and Climate Matters Director, Climate Central

• Fredi Otto, Co-lead of World Weather Attribution, Professor of Climate Science at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London

• Shel Winkley, Meteorologist and Weather & Climate Engagement Specialist, Climate Central

• Tom Di Liberto, Media Director, (formerly of NOAA's climate.gov) Climate Central