Events that deliver about half of global rainfall are getting shorter but more intense, with wide-ranging implications The world’s wettest rainstorms produce about half of the global annual rainfall. Now a study shows that these intense downpours have become shorter in duration and fewer in numb...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/nov/05/worlds-wettest-rainstorms-getting-worse-flood-drought-risk)