How Does Climate Change Affect Climate Change

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Flooding is an extreme climatic event that generates devastation and economic losses all around the world. The extreme climatic events are increasing more severe and frequent due to the climate change. The climate change is a global scale, the mean annual surface temperature has increased over the past century by 0.6°C (IPCC, 2007).Climate models and theoretical arguments further indicate that extreme precipitation events will continue to increase with rises in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations (Min et al., 2011). Climate change will have significant impacts on precipitation patterns, overall increase in annual average temperature, increase precipitation of frequency, magnitude, precipitation amounts, severe events and flooding risk. The frequency, magnitude and severity of flooding are also increasing in many parts of the world associated with climate change, population pressure and urbanization (Hirabayashi et al., 2013., Jongman et al., 2014). These increases in the frequency and severity of extreme precipitation, impact of climate change associated damages and losses from flooding, is also likely to increase in the 21st century and beyond (Allamano et al., 2009; Pallet al., 2011). …show more content…

Flooding has been a dominant climate impact for the contribution, and the principal cause of damage to property and infrastructure (Smith and Lawson, 2011). Climate change impact effect flooding risk on infrastructures both urban and rural areas in Ethiopia flooding risk damage urban and rural infrastructures (Negussie Ashebir, 2015; DDAEPA, 2011). In Ethiopia climate change impact cause food insecurity, outbreak of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, cholera and dysentery, malnutrition, land degradation and damage to infrastructure (Kidanu et al., 2009; Adem and Bewket, 2011; Adem and Guta, 2011; Oates et al., 2011; EPA,

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