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The Combined Effects of Seasonal Climate and Extreme Precipitation on Flood Hazard in the Midwest

Principal Investigator
Daniel Vimont

Dates

Release Date
2022
Start Date
2022-06-11
End Date
2025-09-20

Summary

The Midwest has experienced some of the costliest flooding events in U.S. history, including many billions of dollars during the past decade alone. The Midwest’s susceptibility to flooding has been exacerbated by a long-term increase in total precipitation and extreme rainfalls, with the 2010s being the region’s wettest decade on record Climate models strongly indicate that these recent trends will continue, such that the warming Midwest will experience wetter winters and springs, shortened snow seasons, and extreme year-round precipitation in the future. Despite this high level of confidence in climate trends, there is limited knowledge of how these will translate to flood likelihood and the associated societal and ecological impacts. [...]

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Contacts

Principal Investigator :
Daniel Vimont
Co-Investigator :
Michael Notaro, Stephen Vavrus, Daniel Wright
CMS Group :
Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASC) Program
Funding Agency :
Midwest CASC

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“Lake Michigan, Lower Peninsula, MI. Photo Credit: Abby Lynch, USGS.”
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Lake Michigan, Lower Peninsula, MI. Photo Credit: Abby Lynch, USGS.
Lake Michigan, Lower Peninsula, MI. Photo Credit: Abby Lynch, USGS.

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