An aerial view of the flooded city of Brcko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on May 18. Russian cargo planes and rescue teams from around Europe joined huge volunteer aid efforts in swaths of Serbia and Bosnia, where at least 24 people have died in the worst floods in over a century.
Dado Ruvic/Reuters
One expected effect of climate change will be an increase in precipitation intensity: a larger proportion of rain will fall in a shorter amount of time than it has historically. Blue represents areas where climate models predict an increase in intensity by the end of the 21st century, brown represents a predicted decrease.
NASA Earth Observatory, adapted from IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
Map showing areas of alert in Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia affected by the current floods.
Reuters
