Rising temperatures, more intense storms, and possible droughts mark the changing climate across the globe, including in both Kansas and Missouri, according to some climate experts.
This week, Wednesday night storms that persisted until Thursday morning brought between 7 and 11 inches of rain to parts of the Kansas City metro. The flooding in Wyandotte County was called the worst seen since 1993, the Unified Government said in a press release.
Across the metro, dozens of water rescues kept emergency crews busy. Kansas City doubled its own record for daily rainfall Wednesday with 2.78 inches, surpassing the previous record of 1.35 inches set in 1968, according to the National Weather Service…