Multiple extreme climate events can combine to produce catastrophic damages.

From Yale Climate Connections

 Concurrent extreme climate events can amount to a challenging ‘two-fer’ or even a ‘three-fer’ in terms of adverse impacts. 

By Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, and Richard Richels | Friday, October 9, 2020 

“Wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington are this year’s poster children for extreme natural disasters. Hardly a day passed in August and September without disturbing pictures of heart-wrenching damages and loss of life. Even worse, this summer’s hurricanes became major flooding events as the storms themselves stalled over populated areas along the Gulf coast. 

“That does not mean, of course, that all see climate change as playing a significant role in determining the strength, frequency, or behavior of either of these climate risks.