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Oct 3, 2020, was provisionally the wettest day in Britain since 1891.PHOTO: AFP
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Extreme rainfall to become three times more common by the end of the century, Met Office says
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Record-breaking rain more likely due to climate change
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Extreme rain three times more likely thanks to climate change, Met Office warns Jon Sharman © Provided by The Independent
Record-breaking rain and “days with extreme rainfall accumulations” will occur more often this century because of climate change, UK weather scientists have warned.
The Met Office said in a study that record rainfall experienced on 3 October last year would have been a one-in-300-year event in a world without human-induced warming.
However, such an event is now three times more likely – and by 2100 it could happen once every 30 years, or 10 times more likely.
Dr Nikos Christidis, a senior Met Office climate scientist, said: “Our study shows that in a medium emissions scenario these sorts of rainfall extremes could become much more frequent, reinforcing the need to plan for the consequences of a warming global climate.