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And we have the evidence to prove that. just think about warmer atmosphere has the ability to hold more moisture. and extreme events especially what's happened in western germany and portions of luxembourg and belgium and netherlands. and draw that link to climate change. in 2016, may of 2016, a similar heavy rainfall event took place. scientists studied it, scrutinized over it. they found that a warmer climate made that particular event 80% to 90% more likely before man-made climate change was introduced to a similar situation. cutoff low pressure system, it's slowly meandering across central...

Of the state. that's why we have watches going from memphis southward, little rock, alexandria, and biloxi. we have no red. this map will be filled right here in the southern portion of the state because that's where we think the flash flooding will occur. the big question is, how much rainfall are we going to get? you notice not much in lafayette. look where the bull's eye is from morgan city, and the computer is saying baton rouge has a chance of getting 18 inches of rain. that's why we're so concerned with the baton rouge area. new orleans even with five or six inches could have problems wi...

Meteorologist chad myers has our forecast. it feels early for this but it's not. >> it isn't because the water is warm. it always depends on the temperature of the body of water that the tropical system gets into and the gulf of mexico is hot out there. above 83 degrees. the storm still is over georgia, though. that's going to be the rub. it gets into the gulf of mexico and it's going to take some time to develop. this weather is brought to you by zizol, all night, all day allergy relief. does it get there, yes. hot air is there. to the northeast today, it's going to be a dry day, but to the s...

Typic typical. we get the storms from the coast and it will come in hard and heavy. day one is today. day two, and then, day three. this is a multiday event right on top of northern california. as far as the rainfall tallies, we're talking about 3 to 5 inches. it looks like the worst area would be right over paradise here. this is not good. a three-day, five-inch rainfall event for northern california. flash flood watches are in effect. that's going to be a big threat, along with the mudslides and the debris flow, that we're expecting with the rain mixing with the burnt soil there. there you s...

Discuss and link together the forest fires and climate change. look at this imagery and you'll be able to see why this is so important because what we're noticing and linking these trends, increasing temperatures across the western u.s. and how that pertains to the increase in the number of forest fires. what's even more interesting is four times more wildfires, we're talking about large wildfires, counting 1,000 plus acres wildfires have increased four times in the past decade compared to the '70s. even more interesting it's 6.5 more acres have burned in the past decade than they did in the e...