Climate change doubles the likelihood of floods like those in Central Europe

Climate change has made downpours like those that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely, a report said on Wednesday, as its scientific authors urged politicians to act to stop global warming.

The worst floods to hit central Europe in at least two decades have left 24 dead, cities strewn with mud and debris, damaged buildings, collapsed bridges and left authorities with a billion-euro repair bill.

A report from the World Weather Attribution, an international group of scientists that studies the effects of climate change on extreme weather events, found that the four days of rainfall brought by Storm Boris were the heaviest ever recorded in central Europe. (More on voanews.com)