Climate Impact Report – 2/8
February 8, 2024
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4,500
LivesThe EPA’s new air pollution rules are expected to prevent 4,500 premature deaths per year by 2032, and 290,000 lost workdays per year.
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KilledFive marines were killed in a helicopter crash during the storm in California.
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PeopleSix months after the deadliest American fire in more than a century, almost 5,000 people are still in emergency hotel accommodation in West Maui.
Key Facts Of The Day 2/8
Storms and Flooding
- On Wednesday night, a possible tornado hit a neighborhood of Grover Beach, south of Los Angeles.
- Five marines were killed in a helicopter crash during the storm in California.
- On Thursday morning, the National Weather Service issued avalanche warnings for Idaho, Montana, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.
Wildfires
- Six months after the deadliest American fire in more than a century, almost 5,000 people are still in emergency hotel accommodation in West Maui.
Extreme Heat
- The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed that January 2024 was the warmest January on record globally.
- The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service also found that from February 2023 through January 2024, the average global temperature was 1.52 degrees Celsius higher than the 1850-1900 baseline.
- Heat, drought, pesticides, and herbicides have caused the monarch butterfly population to fall by 59% this year, the second-lowest level on record.