POINTS FOR POLICY MAKERS RESEARCH BRIEF - Extreme Precipitation Changes Contribute

Estimates of the cumulative impact of precipitation change total $73 billion of the $200 Changes Contribute billion analyzed in this study. [...] Understanding how changes in precipitation impact the cost of flooding is a necessary component of evaluating the costs of climate change. [...] By analyzing 30 years Science, deputy director at of monthly flood damages in each of the lower 48 states, the the Center on Food Security and the Environment, center researchers were able to separate the effects of precipitation change fellow at the Freeman Spogli from other simultaneous changes that affected the costs of flooding. [...] Institute for International Through this observational framework, researchers were able to Studies (FSI) and senior fellow at the Stanford Woods quantify the contribution of historical precipitation changes to recent Institute for the Environment increases in flood damages. [...] Noah Diffenbaugh Noah Diffenbaugh is the Kara J Foundation Professor in the Department of Earth System Science and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University.