Climate Impact Report – 6/24

June 24, 2024

Key Facts Of The Day 6/24

Flooding in northwest Iowa, caused by heavy rainfall, has impacted 1,900 properties, leaving hundreds destroyed.
During a media briefing, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said there had been 250 water rescues on Saturday, and over 1,000 residents had to be sheltered overnight.
A state of disaster was declared in 21 counties across Iowa, and entire towns and cities were cut off from surrounding areas.
The Department of Natural Resources reported that the flooding affected 10 water systems and 21 wastewater systems.
About 15 inches of rain caused at least 13 rivers to flood the area around the borders of Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota.
- Some areas received eight times their normal daily rainfall.

As of Monday, 34 large active wildfires have burned 174,507 acres across AK, AZ, CA, CO, FL, NM, NC, OR, UT, and WA. This year to date, 19,834 wildfires have burned 2,213,017 acres across the country.
In Alaska, 15 fires have burned 73,799 acres as of Monday.
In Arizona, 2 fires have burned 4,164 acres as of Monday.
In California, 4 fires have burned 41,316 acres as of Monday.
In Colorado, 1 fire has burned 701 acres as of Monday.
In Florida, 1 fire has burned 833 acres as of Monday.
In New Mexico, 4 fires have burned 39,303 acres as of Monday.
In North Carolina, 1 fire has burned 545 acres as of Monday.
In Oregon, 2 fires have burned 3,256 acres as of Monday.
In Utah, 2 fires have burned 2,986 acres as of Monday.
In Washington, 2 fires have burned 7,604 acres as of Monday.

On Monday, more than 44 million people across the United States were under some form of heat warning or advisory.
- The number of those affected has reduced since the weekend, but this prolonged and intense blast of heat, which has come earlier than usual in the season, still poses a real health risk to those who spend prolonged periods outdoors or have no access to cool spaces.
Temperatures from 100 to 105 are forecast for Monday across much of Kansas and parts of surrounding states.
Cities such as Houston, Dallas, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, and Omaha will see heat indexes of 105 to 110.
The National Weather Service issued heat warnings for the Southeast, Mid-South, and central/southern Plains.
Over the past week, an average of about 200 daily records for maximum high and low temperatures were set each day.