An Atmospheric River Brought This Week’s Flooding Rains to the Southeast

Inside Climate News · By Sean Sublette · last updated May 16, 2025 – 8:41 AM

Climate change makes heavy rain even heavier, beginning with warmer waters in the Gulf of Mexico that produce more evaporation into the atmosphere.

By Sean Sublette

After early signs of drought from Georgia through Virginia this spring, a slow-moving storm brought flooding rain to the Southeast this week. Between 5 and 10 inches of rain fell in parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.

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