Climate change has brought more extreme rain, snow to Maine

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • December 3, 2023

Maine is getting wetter across all seasons, but it is the increasing intensity of the precipitation – and the flooded basements, crop disease, and washed-out culverts and roads that can come with it – that has climate planners, farmers, and engineers scrambling to prepare. While the future impact of sea level rise is a top concern in Maine and other coastal states as the climate warms, the increasing frequency of extreme weather events here is already having statewide impacts.