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Ida’s fatal power didn’t shock scientists who study how climate change primed the pump

Philadelphia, and the Mid-Atlantic, was much hotter and wetter than normal as Ida roared up from the Gulf Coast. The pump was primed for destruction by climate change.

The Schuylkill River and Manayunk Canal overflowed onto the Main Street Manayunk as seen from Manayunk Bridge, Thurday morning. Heavy rain from Hurricane Ida is creating problems with flooding in Philadelphia and region on Thursday, September 2, 2021.
The Schuylkill River and Manayunk Canal overflowed onto the Main Street Manayunk as seen from Manayunk Bridge, Thurday morning. Heavy rain from Hurricane Ida is creating problems with flooding in Philadelphia and region on Thursday, September 2, 2021.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer