Why are flash floods becoming more common?

1 September - 4 mins
Podcast Series Newstalk Breakfast

One person is dead and fifteen are missing after flash floods swept through the Grand Canyon in the US. In Nepal, thousands are still missing and the death toll continues to rise since the deadly flash floods last week. But how are these flash floods happening and what is the reason?  

Anton asked Karyn Morrissey, Professor in Environment and Marine Economics at the University of Galway.

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