Climate Impact Report – 11/13

November 13, 2024

Key Facts Of The Day 11/13

A tropical development in the western Caribbean is expected to strengthen into Sara, the 18th named storm of the season and the 12th hurricane.
- The storm could strike Florida as a hurricane next week.
Winter storm alerts in Oregon and Nevada warn of extensive power line damage due to wet snow and high winds.
- Winds of up to 65 mph and heavy wet snow accumulations of between 5 and 10 inches are expected in western, north-central, and southeastern parts of Siskiyou County, Oregon.
- In Nevada, extensive damage to power lines and trees is expected due to winds gusting up to 50mph in the Sierra valleys and over 100 mph along the Sierra crest.

As of Tuesday, 7 large active wildfires have burned 290,071 acres across CA, MA, NY, NC, PA, and WV. This year to date, 49,677 wildfires have burned 8,150,741 acres across the country.
In California, 1 fire has burned 20,630 acres as of Tuesday.
In Massachusetts, 1 fire has burned 309 acres as of Tuesday.
In New York, 1 fire has burned 600 acres as of Tuesday.
In North Carolina, 1 fire has burned 300 acres as of Tuesday.
In Pennsylvania, 2 fires have burned 418 acres as of Tuesday.
In West Virginia, 1 fire has burned 210 acres as of Tuesday.

As of last Thursday, about 153 million people live in areas under drought conditions in the U.S. and 88% of the country had at least abnormally dry condition.
With wildfires burning after its driest September and October ever, New Jersey will issue a drought warning in an effort to conserve water.
The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says conditions in the state are the driest they have been in nearly 120 years.
Climate change is threatening more than 40% of the world’s corals with extinction.