Urban heat fuels rain cities can’t drain
Andrea Rainone
ByAndrea Rainone•
August 18, 2026Updated: August 18, 2026, 4:20 pm EDTPublished: August 18, 2026, 3:58 pm EDT

Urban heat is generating more intense rainfall over cities and overwhelming drainage systems that were never built for it. For coastal cities, the flooding crisis has already arrived and is getting worse.

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