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As climate change intensifies severe rainstorms, the infrastructure protecting millions of Americans from flooding faces growing risk of failures, according to new calculations of expected precipitation in every county and locality across the contiguous United States.

In some of the nation’s most populous areas, hazardous storms can dump significantly more water than previously believed, new calculations show.

NOAA has predicted the severity of 2023s hurricane season, which will run between June 1 and November 30.

The storm, named Cyclone Mocha, reached wind speeds of up to 175 mph as it gathered momentum over the Bay of Bengal before making landfall in Myanmar.

The most damaging storm in 2022 has been Hurricane Ian, with losses estimated to be as high as $100 billion.

2021-04-09 02:35:31 GMT2021-04-09 10:35:31(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Xinhua writers Yang Shilong, Hu Yousong WASHINGTON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The United States and China need to continue to "play ping pong" with each other and invest more in the foundation of their consequential bilateral relationship, a leading U.S. expert on China has said. Talking about the "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" that helped break the ice between China and the United States, and referring to it as "one of the powe...

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY The geopolitical, trade and technology frictions between the United States and China will continue to have an impact on higher education cooperation between academics and universities in the two countries under US President-elect Joe Biden, education experts say, although they see a likely change of tone under Biden which could ease some current tensions which are affecting student flows from China. "After 40 years of [US-China higher education] cooperation, the main ...