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08-01-2016, 09:13 PM
Deadly Maryland flood part of clear global warming-related pattern in extreme rainfall events
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It started out as an ordinary, albeit sultry, evening in Ellicott City, Maryland, located about 14 miles west of Baltimore.*
But starting at 7:51 p.m. EDT, a deluge for the ages unleashed a torrent of water on the flood-prone community, turning Main Street into a raging river and killing at least two people.*
SEE ALSO: The climate that most of us grew up with is gone for good (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/climate-of-20th-century-gone-for-good/)
The localized severe storm was part of a wider outbreak of heavy downpours as a stifling heat wave came to an end across the Mid-Atlantic and **rtheast. The flash flood was also the latest in an increasing trend of damaging heavy rainfall events in parts of the U.S., particularly the **rtheast.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/thousand-year-rains-flood-ellicott-city-maryland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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It started out as an ordinary, albeit sultry, evening in Ellicott City, Maryland, located about 14 miles west of Baltimore.*
But starting at 7:51 p.m. EDT, a deluge for the ages unleashed a torrent of water on the flood-prone community, turning Main Street into a raging river and killing at least two people.*
SEE ALSO: The climate that most of us grew up with is gone for good (http://mashable.com/2016/07/20/climate-of-20th-century-gone-for-good/)
The localized severe storm was part of a wider outbreak of heavy downpours as a stifling heat wave came to an end across the Mid-Atlantic and **rtheast. The flash flood was also the latest in an increasing trend of damaging heavy rainfall events in parts of the U.S., particularly the **rtheast.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/01/thousand-year-rains-flood-ellicott-city-maryland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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