Canada's flood havoc after summer heatwave shows how climate disasters combine to do extra damage
Published Date: 11/19/2021
Source: phys.org
People living in British Columbia will feel like they have had more than their fair share of climate disasters in 2021. After a record-breaking heatwave in June, the state in western Canada has been inundated by intense rain storms in November. It's also likely the long-lasting effects of the heatwave made the results of the recent rainfall worse, causing more landslides—which have destroyed highways and railroads—than would otherwise have happened.