Climate change boosted ‘once-a-century’ floods

PARIS: Man-made climate change significantly enhanced the risk of the severe winter storms that ravaged southern England two years ago, according to a study released Monday.

Global warming amplified the likelihood of the “once-in-a-century” heavy flooding -- responsible for some 600 million euros ($650 million) in insured losses during the winter of 2013/2014 -- by more than 40 percent, researchers reported.