Experts: Record rainfall and flooding to be expected because of climate change

Record rainfall recorded in Savannah left roads blocked off and turned parking lots into lakes.

Record rainfall recorded in Savannah left roads blocked off and turned parking lots into lakes.

ISTH RECORD RAINFALL IN OUR AREA .. OF COURSE HAD PEOPLE TALKING. OUR DANAE BUCCI SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD TO DEAL WITH FLASH FLOODING. WELL I SPOKE TO RESIDES NT WHO SAID THIS IS SOME OFHE T WORST FLOODING THEY'VE EVER SEEN... AND EXPERTS SAY IT COULD BECOME MORE FREQUENT. RECORD RAINFALL RECORDED IN SAVANNAH... LEAVING ROADS BLOCKED OFF... AND TURNING PARKING LOTS INTO RIVERS. ALVINA INDHANONH // SAW FLOODI NG I KNOW MY ROOMMATE WHO 'S BEEN DRIVING AROUND A LOT MORE THAN I HAVE SHE H AS GOTTEN STUCK IN WATER DOWNTOWN. THIS JOGGER IS NEW TO THE AREA. .. AND BELIEVES MORE SHOULD BE DONE TO PREVENT THE OOFLDING IN THE FIRST PLACE... ALVINA INDHANONH // SAW FLOODING I THINK THERE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE FOCUS ON THE ROADS AND PROVIDING A SAFER FOR PEOPLE GETTING AROUND WITHOUT WORRY OF NATURAL THINGS LIKE RAIN, HEAVY RAINFA. LL BUT EXPERTS SAY THIS IS JUST A SIGN OF A BIGGER PROBL. EM LISSA LEEGE // PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS ABSOLUTELY APPARENT TH AT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IT'S NO LONGER SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE FUTURE IT IS EVERYDAY AND WE'RE EXPERICIENNG THOSE CHANGES RIGHT NO W. GEORGIA SOUTHERN BIOLOGY PROFESSOR LIH-SA LEAGUE-EE SAYS MORE VOLATILE WEATHER EVENTS ARE TO SHOW FOR THIS. LISSA LEEGE // PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY UNEQUIVOCALLY WE'RE SEEING MORE EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS LS OT MORE SINCE THE 1950'S IN PARTICULARY SO WE' RE SEEING A GREATER FREQUENCY AND GREATER INTENSITY OF THESE WEATHER EVEN TS HERE AT THE CHATHAM COUNTY AQUATIC CENTER... THE WATERWAYS AREN'T JUST INSIDE... BUT OUTSIDE TOO. IT'SOT N SOMETHING THAT IS IMMEDIATELY A CONCERN. .. BUT A PRECURSOR OF WHAT'S THE CO. ME LISSA LEEGE // PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY, GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY WE'RE REALLY GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF THESE COASTAL POPULATIONS BE THREATED. EN AND THAT PROFESSOR DOES SAY THERE ARE SOME SOLUTIO NS YOU CAN DO RIGHT AT HOME... TRY TO PLANT SOME TREES AND MORE VEGETATION SO THE WATER HAS SOMEWHERE TO GO. .. AND TRY TO CUT DOWN ON DRIVING BY USING THIS NG LIKE A BIK

Experts: Record rainfall and flooding to be expected because of climate change

Record rainfall recorded in Savannah left roads blocked off and turned parking lots into lakes.

Record rainfall recorded in Savannah left roads blocked off and turned parking lots into lakes.“I know my roommate, who’s been driving around a lot more than I have, she has gotten stuck in water downtown,” Alvina Indhanonh said.Indhanonh said more should be done to prevent flooding in the first place.“I think there could be a little more focus on the roads and providing a safer for people getting around without worry of natural things like rain, heavy rainfall,” she said.Georgia Southern University biology professor Lissa Leege says the flooding is just a sign of a bigger problem.“I would say that it is absolutely apparent that climate change is happening right now it’s no longer something that’s in the future it is every day and we’re experiencing those changes right now,” she said.More volatile weather events are to show for this she said.“Unequivocally we’re seeing more extreme precipitation events lots more since the 1950s in particularly so we’re seeing a greater frequency and greater intensity of these weather events,” Leege said.

SAVANNAH, Ga. —

Record rainfall recorded in Savannah left roads blocked off and turned parking lots into lakes.

“I know my roommate, who’s been driving around a lot more than I have, she has gotten stuck in water downtown,” Alvina Indhanonh said.

Indhanonh said more should be done to prevent flooding in the first place.

“I think there could be a little more focus on the roads and providing a safer for people getting around without worry of natural things like rain, heavy rainfall,” she said.

Georgia Southern University biology professor Lissa Leege says the flooding is just a sign of a bigger problem.

“I would say that it is absolutely apparent that climate change is happening right now it’s no longer something that’s in the future it is every day and we’re experiencing those changes right now,” she said.

More volatile weather events are to show for this she said.

“Unequivocally we’re seeing more extreme precipitation events lots more since the 1950s in particularly so we’re seeing a greater frequency and greater intensity of these weather events,” Leege said.

Experts: Record rainfall and flooding to be expected because of climate change

Record rainfall recorded in Savannah left roads blocked off and turned parking lots into lakes.

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