‘A warmer atmosphere is capable of holding more water vapor – and thus, more rain (or snow, for that matter) is expected in the most extreme precipitation events. And that’s just what has been happening in the United States, according to the 2014 National Climate Assessment.’
‘Thus, you can certainly say for the South Carolina floods – as you can for the 2013 Boulder, Colo., floods, and the Texas and Oklahoma floods this year – that they are consistent with what we would expect in a warming world.’
via What the S.C. floods can tell us about climate change | The Charlotte Observer.