Climate Impact Report – 11/14

November 14, 2024

Key Facts Of The Day 11/14

As of Thursday, Tropical Depression 19 was located 250 miles east of the Honduran island of Guanaja, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph.
- The tropical depression was expected to strengthen into Sara, the 18th named storm of the season and the 12th hurricane.
- On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center issued hurricane and tropical storm warnings in the Caribbean.
- The Hurricane Center warned that while it was too early to predict its impacts, Florida residents should regularly monitor for updates.
On Thursday, eleven states along the East Coast were under Coastal Flood Advisories due to higher-than-normal tides.
- Coastal Flood Advisories were issued in counties in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama due to possible flooding from Friday’s full supermoon high tide.
- A Coastal Flood Warning was issued in some areas of the Virginia and South Carolina coast.
Heavy rainfall, including downpours of one to two inches per hour, in the South and Central U.S. were expected to cause localized flash flooding and travel delays through Thursday.

As of Wednesday, 8 large active wildfires have burned 277,959 acres across CA, MA, NY, NC, PA, VA, and WV. This year to date, 50,045 wildfires have burned 8,109,156 acres across the country.
In California, 1 fire has burned 20,630 acres as of Wednesday.
In Massachusetts, 1 fire has burned 309 acres as of Wednesday.
In New York, 1 fire has burned 630 acres as of Wednesday.
In North Carolina, 1 fire has burned 300 acres as of Wednesday.
In Pennsylvania, 2 fires have burned 418 acres as of Wednesday.
In Virginia, 1 fire has burned 190 acres as of Wednesday.
In West Virginia, 1 fire has burned 210 acres as of Wednesday.

A new report found that many pregnant women in the U.S., especially in the southern states, face inadequate prenatal care that is complicated by abortion restrictions, air pollution, and extreme heat.
- According to the report, more than 40% of pregnant people in the U.S. were exposed to extreme heat conditions last year, and nearly three-quarters lived in areas with poor air quality.
Two major Dallas hospitals reported that the number of emergency room visits they saw for heat illnesses in children had increased by over 170% in the past decade.