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There have also been heavier rainfall events in places in Europe, though not all of Europe is expected to see overall precipitation increase. Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands had serious flooding that made the news in 2021:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press-office/news/weather-and-climate/2021/future-extreme-rainfall-more-extreme-than-first-thought
The UK, however, is an area that has seen net precipitation increases and is expected to see considerably more moving forward:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/climate-change-in-the-uk
One could go read articles on why the UK is one of the places that is expected to see that precipitation increase, but I'd guess that it has a lot to do with the fact that the UK is a rainy place in general compared to much of Europe, gets the moist air coming directly off the Atlantic along with her sister Ireland, and is far north enough of the equator to catch the westerlies. In general, the global expectation is that rainier places will also be the places that tend to see the largest increases in precipitation from climate change.