TS.B.4.2 Worldwide, people are increasingly experiencing unfa- miliar precipitation patterns, including extreme precipitation events . Nearly half a billion people now live in areas where the long-term average precipitation is now as high as was previously seen in only about 1 in 6 years . Approximately 163 million people now live in unfamiliarly dry areas  compared to 50 years ago. The intensity of heavy precipitation has increased in many regions since the 1950s . Substantially more people  live in regions where annual maximum 1-d precipitation has increased than in re- gions where it has decreased   since the 1950s. At the same time, more people  have been experiencing longer dry spells than shorter dry spells since the 1950s , leading to compound hazards related to both warming and precipitation extremes in most parts of the world
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