Increasing global temperature ... is expected to increase the intensity of extreme weather events and to change the amount and pattern of precipitation.
MSNBC reports from Iowa:
Dave Koch, a spokesman for the Cedar Rapids fire department, said the river will crest Friday at about 31.8 feet. It was at 30.9 feet early in the morning. In a 1993 flood, considered the worst flood in recent history, it was at 19.27 feet.
"We are seeing a historic hydrological event taking place with unprecedented river levels occurring," added Brian Pierce, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Davenport. "We're in uncharted territory — this is an event beyond what anybody could even imagine."
(update - 30 June, 2008)
This editorial cartoon does not draw a direct link between global warming and "natural" disasters. But how much of a stretch is it?
