The article, originally by Isabella O'Malley, of the Associated Press was carried on the PBS Newshour website with the title "Scientists confirm global floods and droughts worsened by climate change".
The U.N. IPCC admits having "Low confidence" in even the "Sign" of any changes-in other words, it is just as likely that climate change is making floods less frequent and less severe.
The IPCC report indicates climate change is not a factor in flooding.
While the rest of the world may not have effective mitigation measures for flooding due to lack of resources, the bottom line is that the IPCC has found no global climate induced trends in either droughts or flooding.
Just last year, an AP article linked climate change to severe flooding in South Africa.
The widely carried AP story, "Climate change a major factor in fatal South Africa floods," was typical of the media's coverage of flawed and unverified research.
Climate Change Did Not Cause South Africa's Tragic Floods, my colleague Sterling Burnett showed there was no evidence linking South African flooding to climate change.
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