Climate Impact Report – 5/5

Key Facts Of The Day 5/5

Storms and Flooding

• This week, a slow-moving storm over the Central U.S. can bring risks for severe thunderstorms and flooding rainfall.
  • Late on Monday, portions of West Texas and far eastern New Mexico will be at risk for large hailstones.
  • By Tuesday, a heavy rain and thunderstorm pattern will impact locations across central and eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma into Arkansas and Louisiana.

Wildfires

• The Los Angeles Times tested soil at properties that burned in the Los Angeles fires in January and found that they have elevated levels of arsenic, lead, and mercury — in some cases, levels that are three times higher than the state benchmark.

Extreme Heat

• More than 16 million people in Florida, 82% of the state, are under drought conditions ranging from moderate to extreme.
• For the first time this summer, National Weather Service offices in Juneau and Fairbanks, Alaska, will start issuing heat advisories as temperatures in the state are warming two to three times faster than the global average. 
• A new report found that allergy season is getting longer and more intense due to climate change.