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Paul Homewood
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckmgmdxg254t
Yes, flash floods in Spain are devastating. And, yes, they've happened before.
But BBC weather forecasters also claim that extreme rainfall events like this are becoming more common:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckmgmdxg254t
As usual, the BBC will not provide any evidence for this irresponsible claim.
Rainfall data for hard-hit Valencia also provide no such evidence:
https://climexp.knmi.nl/ecaprcp.cgi?id=someone@somewhere&WMO=237&STATION=VALENCIA&extraargs=
KNMI daily rainfall data clearly show that extreme rainfall is neither common nor extreme.
According to the Spanish Meteorological Institute, rainfall peaked in the area at around 200 millimeters, which is certainly not unprecedented:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/spain-valencia-flash-floods-chiva-video-rain-bodies-found-weather-b1190929.html
The BBC said there was more rainfall on the mountains of Chiva, but this has not been recorded over the long term and will inevitably be higher as moist air rises rapidly up the mountains. In other words, chalk and cheese.
This is not the first time the BBC has used human tragedy to push its increasingly hysterical climate agenda.
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