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Race to improve weather forecasting in a warming world with record storms
Forecasting tools are constantly improving. But as the weather becomes more extreme, can meteorologists keep up with climate change?
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Move over Godzilla. Tokyo is battling another threat – guerilla rainstorms. These hyperlocal storms have triggered intense downpours that flood streets, overwhelm drains and shut down train stations.
They are getting more powerful and they intensify faster, making them and their effects difficult to predict.
