Using Demonstration Storms to Prepare for Extreme Rainfall

• This article examines how to use previous catastrophic events (like the 2008 Baraboo River storm in Wisconsin) to project the effects of similar events in other locations.
  
• It describes how this tool was used to asses the vulnerability and risks of a similar flooding event in Madison, WI from the Yahara River.
  

Positives

• This article has a references list with clickable links.
• This article does a good job of showing the monetary cost of extreme floods.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should understand how climate change can lead to more extreme floods.
• Students should know about NOAA and what this organization does.
  

Differentiation

• This article could enhance a lesson on how humans are causing climate change, how this change is impacting the planet, and what can be done to combat climate change.
• This article could support a lesson on how societies, governments, and institutions are responding to the climate crisis and its resulting natural disasters. 
• This article could augment a classroom discussion on how governments could focus on both adapting to climate change and reducing the causes. 
• This article could supplement a classroom discussion about communities around the world that are most vulnerable to extreme flooding events.