Global warming harbinger
	Heavy precipitation and flooding

New England

Double normal rainfall, June 1998. Rainfall in Boston on June 13-14 broke a 117-year-old record, closing Logan Airport and two interstate roads. Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts each received more than double their normal monthly rainfall.

Reference: New England Regional Climate Center. Climate Impacts- 1998.
http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/
climate/Impacts_06-98.html; 1998. From Yosemite to the east, it's sloshing, soaking wet. Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, Florida.

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