Climate Impact Report – 3/7
March 7, 2025
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80%
Black ResidentsA new March 2025 survey found that around 80% of Black residents of Baltimore, Maryland, said they are at least somewhat concerned about personal harms from the changing climate, compared with 67% of white residents.
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Hundreds of
WildfiresIn recent days, the Carolinas and Georgia have seen hundreds of wildfires—four remain active in North Carolina, one in South Carolina, and five in Georgia.
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1,200 Homes
IneligibleStarting Friday, more than 1,200 Hurricane Helene victims whose homes were uninhabitable are no longer eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency money to pay for hotel accommodations.
Key Facts Of The Day 3/7
Storms And Flooding
- Starting Friday, more than 1,200 Hurricane Helene victims whose homes were uninhabitable are no longer eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency money to pay for hotel accommodations.
- The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa, which have seen multiple feet of snowfall at high elevations this week.
- From Maryland to Maine, forecasters issued wind advisories.
- A storm producing snow over the Intermountain West has shifted eastward, and a band of snow has begun to set up along a nearly 2,000-mile-long zone from the Rockies to the central Appalachians.
Wildfires
- In March, “above-normal” fire potential is predicted across southeast Arizona and New Mexico and much of Texas, Oklahoma, and the Southeast.
- In recent days, the Carolinas and Georgia have seen hundreds of wildfires—four remain active in North Carolina, one in South Carolina, and five in Georgia.
Extreme Heat
- Between 2000 and 2020, butterfly populations in the U.S. shrank by more than a fifth due to climate change, habitat loss, and pesticides.