During summer 2020, heavy precipitation affected a significant portion of China and East and South Asia. The Yangtze River basin bore the brunt of extensive flooding, which caused loss of lives, considerable property damage and prompted millions of people to move to higher ground. To better understand why annual “mei-yu” conditions began earlier and ended later than normal, Dr. Ambrogio Volonté and his team from the University of Reading focused on specific atmospheric dynamics throughout China’s Yangtze River region that contributed to such an unusual season. They have just published their research and findings in in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
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Source: Phys.org