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From Floods to Drought: Preparing for erratic climate risks

We know that climatMahaweli_River_at_sunken_city_of_Teldeniya_victoria_reservoir_sri_lankae change will bring more frequent and intense extreme weather events. Less discussed is the likelihood that very different types of extreme events, sometimes within a very short span of time, are increasingly likely to occur in the same place. In particular, widely varying water-related events – whether there is too much water or not enough, could become a destructive, see-sawing norm. Below is a look at three locations around the world currently making headlines for having to manage both drought and flood extremes, all in a very short period of time. (more…)