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Weathered

This Is Why Worse Droughts Mean WAY Worse Floods

Season 3 Episode 8 | 11m 01s

We try to get to the bottom of this paradox and unravel the role that climate change is truly playing in our increasingly erratic weather and precipitation patterns. We also look at large climatological elements like atmospheric rivers and Hadley cells to see the roles they are playing in these changes. And we look back on the worst flood to ever hit the United States.

Aired: 11/07/22
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