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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

A Hawaiian island got about 50 inches of rain in 24 hours. Scientists warn it's a sign of the future

Yikes. I was there a couple months ago. I wonder if the Kalalua trail was destroyed as well?

It's impossible to tell how much of the damage was due to global warming, as warming isn't 100% responsible for weather damage. Perhaps severity and/or frequency increases with warming, but even freak storms exist regardless of warming.

Are there any estimates of how much more powerful storms are compared with, say, 1900 levels of CO2 and temperature?