Una idea para tus historias: Inundaciones

The guide advises journalists to contextualize floods within the broader framework of climate change, noting that a warmer atmosphere retains more moisture, leading to more frequent and intense extreme precipitation globally. It recommends avoiding probabilistic terms like "100-year flood" in favor of simple superlatives and suggests focusing on personal impacts and hyper-local infrastructure to make stories more relevant. The document also provides a curated list of mapping tools and data sources, such as NOAA, FEMA, and World Weather Attribution, to assist in reporting on flood risks and attribution.

• Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation worldwide because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, as evidenced by historic flooding in Brazil, Nepal, Central Europe, and Central and Western Africa.
• In the United States, flood risks are rising particularly on the East and Gulf coasts, but extreme precipitation also affects inland areas previously considered "climate havens," such as North Carolina where 98% of homeowners lack flood insurance.
• Journalists are advised to avoid the term "100-year flood" because it is confusing and misleading to the general public, suggesting a low probability of recurrence that ignores the increasing frequency of such events due to global warming.
• Effective flood reporting should focus on personal impacts and hyper-local details, investigating why specific streets or homes flood while others do not to highlight the role of infrastructure and identify high-risk community members.

APA

CCNow (2024). Una idea para tus historias: Inundaciones. Covering Climate Now. https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/cubrir-las-inundaciones/

Chicago

CCNow. Una idea para tus historias: Inundaciones. Covering Climate Now, 2024. https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/cubrir-las-inundaciones/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ccnow2024una, author = {CCNow}, title = {{Una idea para tus historias: Inundaciones}}, institution = {Covering Climate Now}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/cubrir-las-inundaciones/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }