Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood and intensified the heavy rains that led to devastating flooding in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found.

Storm Boris is a low pressure system that has brought a month’s worth of rain to parts of Europe in just 24 hours

Climate change has made downpours like the one that caused devastating floods in central Europe this month twice as likely to occur, a report said on Wednesday, as its scientific authors urged policymakers to act to stop global warming.

Flooding that killed 24 people in Central Europe earlier this month was caused by rainfall made twice as likely by human-induced climate change, a group of scientists said on Wednesday. Storm Boris stalled over Central Europe from 12 to 16 September,