EDITORIAL: Storm warnings of another kind in Pa.
Highways and retaining walls damaged, and roads impassable or closed.
Rescues and evacuations.
The nine-some inches of rain that fell in and around
Or, as
Get used to it.
While it is difficult to connect any single weather event with the effects of climate change, the trend is clear: A warming planet is creating favorable conditions for increasing numbers of more intense rainstorms. That means higher rainfall amounts in shorter periods of time.
Or, as
Atmospheric rivers, rain bombs, bomb cyclones. These are all part of the new nomenclature -- and the new normal -- as increasing amounts of man-made pollutants fill the atmosphere and heat the planet.
For regions like
Even worse news is the Trump administration's refusal to acknowledge the problem -- while actively exacerbating it.
President
Trump's
That's entrenched and closed-minded.
No,
Meanwhile,
Gov.
The state
All wise and necessary steps. Many more are needed.
As last week's storms reminded
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