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Colder air high in the atmosphere meets warmer air flowing in from the Mediterranean which intensifies the storm.

A warmer atmosphere holds more water, so as the planet heats up, we can expect more extreme rain “whenever the conditions are right to squeeze that moisture out,” he said.

Colder air high in the atmosphere meets warmer air flowing in from the Mediterranean which intensifies the storm.

Warmer air can hold more moisture, and he says there was a "strong link" between these sea temperatures and the 2019 extreme rains over East Africa.

And we’ve seen the impacts of warmer oceans with very powerful hurricanes Helene and Milton slamming into the US in the summer.