Climate Impact Report – 10/16

October 16, 2024

Key Facts Of The Day 10/16

Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene.
As of Tuesday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said 92 people remain unaccounted for in the state after Hurricane Helene.
Officials said that they had so far verified 95 Hurricane Helene-related deaths in North Carolina.
According to the National Hurricane Center, a storm system in the Atlantic could strengthen into a tropical depression as it heads toward the Caribbean later this week.

As of Wednesday, 24 large active wildfires have burned 1,199,994 acres across CA, FL, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, and WY. This year to date, 42,431 wildfires have burned 7,842,013 acres across the country.
In California, 3 fires have burned 52,491 acres as of Wednesday.
In Florida, 1 fire has burned 1,070 acres as of Wednesday.
In Idaho, 13 fires have burned 505,637 acres as of Wednesday.
In Montana, 4 fires have burned 16,550 acres as of Wednesday.
In Nevada, 1 fire has burned 25,885 acres as of Wednesday.
In Oregon, 7 fires have burned 242,840 as of Wednesday.
In Utah, 3 fires have burned 33,603 acres as of Wednesday.
In Wyoming, 2 fires have burned 178,536 acres as of Wednesday.

On Monday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a proclamation declaring a state of disaster for drought and wildfire risks.
The Sacramento County Coroner’s Office in California has confirmed the third heat-related death of this year.
With a tenfold increase in two years, more than 100 people died near New Mexico’s US-Mexico border in 2024. Almost all deaths were heat-related.