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What made the rain in Hurricane Harvey so extreme?

  • Written by Russ Schumacher, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
imageThe rainfall from Harvey has now exceeded the amount from the previous record-bearer, Tropical Storm Amelia in 1978.AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Fifty inches of rain. Nine trillion gallons of water. The Gulf Coast of Texas, and especially the Houston metropolitan area, has been inundated by rain produced by Hurricane Harvey. And as of this writing, the...

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