John Yang:
The deluge came days after much of Texas was under extreme drought conditions. It's a phenomenon scientists call weather whiplash, when conditions fueled by climate change lurch from one extreme to another, and rain falls faster than parched soil can absorb it, triggering flash flooding.
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott visited Dallas, where Monday's rainfall was among the heaviest in decades.
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