Abstract. Over the last few years, methods have been developed to answer questions on the effect of global warming on recent extreme events. Many “event attribution” studies have now been performed, a sizeable fraction even within a few weeks of the event, to increase the usefulness of the results. In doing these analyses, it has become apparent that the attribution itself is only one step of an extended process that leads from the observation of an extreme event to a successfully communi...| ascmo.copernicus.org
Subsequent floods killed more than 200 people, displaced more than 400 people, and saw hundreds of thousands lose access to water and electricity (GDACS, 2024). The death toll is the highest in a flood event in Europe since 1967 and is expected to rise further in coming days (BBC, 2024). | World Weather Attribution