SUN JOURNAL • December 19, 2023
The deadly rain and windstorm that swept through Maine on Monday downing trees, cutting power to half the state, washing away roads and bridges, and flooding communities is the latest example of bad weather made worse by climate change. Although the damage was caused by wind and rain, it was the unseasonably warm weather that Maine is experiencing due to an increase in heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that gave the wet winter storm its powerful punch, scientists say.