Thunderstorms are brewing and expected to roll through the Kansas City area in the next few hours, some bringing heavy downpours and gusty winds, according to the National Weather Service.
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Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
Although some areas of Central Texas saw heavy rainfall this summer, isolated downpours do not provide the consistent, widespread recharge needed to replenish aquifer systems.
Heavy rain is not uncommon in South Asia this time of year, but experts largely agree that the frequency and intensity of cloudbursts have increased in recent years, in part due to climate change.
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Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
21 Aug. 2025
Warmer air soaks up water like a sponge, and all this extra moisture can result in extreme rain and sudden downpours like cloudbursts, especially when that air meets the mountains.
The lawsuits seek money to help communities cope with the risks and harms from global warming, including more extreme storms, floods and heat waves.
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Michael Copley,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
After years of delays from heavy winter storms, COVID, funding shortfalls, and more fires, crews built a new trail as part of a $2 million upgrade to the park, with impressive new wooden bridges, signs and other amenities, completing the project in 2021.
Summer also brings on rainstorms with lightning and flash flooding.
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Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
Scientists across the globe agree that nations need to rapidly embrace renewable energy to stave off the worst effects of climate change, including extreme heat and drought; larger, more intense wildfires and supercharged hurricanes, typhoons and rainstorms that lead to catastrophic flooding.
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