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Climate Change Is Not the Primary Cause of Flash Floods, Contrary to What Columnist Implied

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The July 17 column by Bloomberg Opinion’s Mark Gongloff (“The flash-flood era is here and we’re not ready”) implies that all damage from flash floods is ultimately caused by climate change. This may be true in some cases, but not most. Most flash-flood damage is caused by river siltation, which lowers their capacity to carry water. This is primarily due to agricultural run-off, but in Appalachia, which bears the brunt of flash-flooding, strip mi…

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Climate Realism broke the news in on Friday, July 18, 2025.
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