‘Biblical’ Amounts of Rainfall Slam Colorado, Causing Death, Destruction, and Massive Flooding

Massive, historic, “biblical” rainfall cascaded through much of Colorado starting last Thursday.  As of Monday at least six people are believed to have died in the floods, and 1,253 remain unaccounted for, according to the Denver Post.   Boulder has received 21.13 inches of rain since last Monday.

One single event cannot definitively be said to be caused by climate change.  But a study last year found that, as the Earth gets warmer, precipitation patterns shift and we will see more intense downpours, as storms become stronger because they have more energy.

‘Biblical’ Amounts of Rainfall Slam Colorado, Causing Death, Destruction, and Massive Flooding