amplified the multi-billion-dollar losses . A substantial fraction of the damage from hurricane Harvey's extreme rainfall has been attributed to anthropogenic climate change . A near disaster at California's Oroville dam in 2017 was caused by inadequate infrastructure design and maintenance together with an unusually large number of atmospheric river  storms. The event required emergency reservoir spills while the state was beginning recovery from the extreme 2012-2016 drought .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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