Storm Pedro floods western France

Storm Pedro on Wednesday left four western French departments — Charente‑Maritime, Gironde, Lot‑et‑Garonne and Maine‑et‑Loire — under red flood warnings, forcing evacuations and threatening record river levels.

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Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe

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Environmental science 43%, Geography 24%, Engineering 19%, Public Health 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Katharine Hayhoe	39%	51	27.9%

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54.0%

14.9 h

27.9%

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Ian Hall

@ianhall.bsky.social

Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood

It increased 6-hr rainfall rate by 21%, expanded the area with >180 mm of rain by 55%, and raised total rain volume in the Jucar River catchment by 19% (+pre-ind)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia’s 2024 catastrophic flash flood - Nature Communications

This study reveals how climate change altered storm dynamics during the 2024 Valencia floods. Warmer seas fueled stronger updrafts, increasing rainfall intensity by 20% and significantly amplifying fl...

www.nature.com

February 18, 2026 at 5:57 AM

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Peter Jacobs

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Scholar power: 40.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 43%, Geography 24%, Engineering 19%, Public Health 14%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Peter Thorne	38%	57	28.7%
🎓 Peter Jacobs	29%	17	12.0%
Total			40.6%

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52.0%

19.5 h

40.6%

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0.036

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Jérôme OLLIER

@jeromeollier.bsky.social

Human-induced climate change amplification on storm dynamics in Valencia's 2024 catastrophic flash flood - @natcomms.nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/s41...