Worst Flood Ever Recorded In England

Some have likened it to Hurricane Katrina's devastating impact on the American Gulf Coast. The Great July Flood could do as much in England to galvanize public interest in the connections between extreme weather and global warming.

Some 300,000 people were without drinking water, 50,000 without power, and thousands were left at least temporarily homeless after torrential rains led to flooding that is at least the worst in 60 years, and possibly worse than anything in the long recorded history of England. Scientists have predicted that more intense bursts of rain -- driven by the warmer atmosphere's capacity to cause more evaporation, hold more moisture and unleash it more ferociously -- could lead to more flooding.

Many in America saw Hurricane Katrina as a sign of global warming, despite well-publicized disagreement in the scientific community over the link between hurricane strength and climate change. The link between stronger bursts of rain is more clear.

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