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 E-Mail IMAGE: Despite being located in one of the driest regions of the world the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile the usually dry Copiapó River has flooded several times during the 19th and 20th. view more  Credit: Manu Abad via Imaggeo MUNICH Around the world each year, extreme precipitation events cause catastrophic flooding that results in tragic loss of life and costly damage to infrastructure and property. However, a variety of different weather systems can cause these extreme events, so a detailed understanding of the atmospheric processes that lead to their formation is crucial. Now, for the first time, a global analysis reveals that two intertwined atmospheric processes drive the formation of many large-scale extreme precipitation events around the world, particularly in dry subtropical regions where they can inflict catastrophic flooding, as occurred in March 2015 in the Atacama Desert.

United statesSouth africaCarl rossbyMax planck institute for chemistryEuropean geosciences unionAndries jan de vriesMax planck instituteClimate dynamicsNorth americaAtacama desertAtmospheric scienceWeather stormsEarth scienceHydrology water resourcesஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில்ஐரோப்பிய புவி அறிவியல் தொழிற்சங்கம்