The Southeast is experiencing its worst drought since 2007-2008. Birmingham, Alabama, hasn't seen rain since mid-September. Atlanta has gone 42 consecutive days without rain, which broke the record for the longest stretch of days without precipitation.
Atlanta has received only 2% of the city's usual average rainfall in the past 60 days. But Atlanta is expected to have more rain in the next two days than the city has gotten since September 2.
Weather is nature's way of trying to create balance. Cooler air moves from the Arctic to mix with warmer air from the tropics to create an equilibrium. But instead, it creates a pendulum of weather events moving. Climate change is causing that pendulum to swing harder and faster.
Atlanta's 2007-2008 record-breaking drought was followed in 2009 by one of the most massive floods the city had ever seen. Atlanta received more than 15 inches of rain in 18 hours.
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