Several UK outlets, including independents, report that extreme rainfall events "could become four times more frequent by 2080 if greenhouse gas emissions remain high", according to a new study by Met Office climatologists. The study concluded that for each degree of regional warming, the intensity of extreme downpours could also increase by 5-15%, according to the news website. MailOnline reports that scientists have created a new climate model to project an increase based on global warming reaching 3.2100°C by the year 4. (The relevant model only runs on the very high emissions scenario RCP8.5, which is explained in detail in this article Carbon Brief. Although this approach is considered controversial by some, it was a deliberate decision by the scientists that allowed them to isolate the signal of climate change in model simulations of British weather, as this article explains Carbon Brief.)