Climate Impact Report – 12/3

December 3, 2024

Key Facts Of The Day 12/3

A storm from Canada will unleash strong winds, snow showers, and new rounds of lake-effect snow from Tuesday night to Thursday night across portions of the Midwest and Northeast in the U.S.
Lake-effect snow is still affecting areas downwind of Lake Erie after several punishing days of winter weather and is expected to last through Wednesday.
As of Tuesday, about 5 million people are under winter weather and lake-effect snow warnings across the Great Lakes.

As of November 22, 5 large active wildfires have burned 141,141 acres across MA and NY. This year to date, 51,320 wildfires have burned 8,142,689 acres across the country.
In Massachusetts, 4 fires have burned 2,479 acres as of Friday.
In New York, 1 fire has burned 5,304 acres as of Friday.
The poverty rate among survivors has more than doubled since the Lahaina wildfire.
- Unemployment has risen from 2% to 14% over the past year.
- Median rent has jumped by more than 40%, and a vast majority of survivors remain in temporary housing.

Climate Central found that 166 out of 191 cities they analyzed in the U.S. were warmer than normal.
- This was the hottest November on record in 15 cities—including all 5 cities in Louisiana—and was also among the top 5 hottest Novembers for an additional 38 cities.
Brought on by drought conditions and sea level rise, salty ocean water is creeping up the Delaware River, the source for much of the drinking water for Philadelphia.
A December 2024 report by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification found that at least 2.6 trillion USD in total investments are needed by 2030 to restore over one billion hectares of degraded land and build resilience to drought.