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On the recordMarch 30, 2011
the flooding was so significant, and the evidence that climate changes are in fact creating far more heavy precipitation events
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Discussing the impact of climate change on flooding in urban areas.

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