Climate Impact Report – 7/24

July 24, 2024

Key Facts Of The Day 7/24

On Tuesday night, a severe storm damaged a warehouse and sent construction materials scattering in Butts County, Georgia.
On Tuesday evening, flooding closed multiple freeways across metro Detroit, Michigan, as a storm crashed into the region.
On Tuesday evening, heavy rain led to flooding and storm damage in metro Atlanta, Georgia.
- Firefighters worked to safely evacuate 12 residents from five multifamily homes in the cul-de-sac of Coopers Creek Circle in Smyrna.
Wisconsin’s largest electric utility plans to ramp up its efforts to prevent storm-related outages after seeing an uptick in those events in recent years.
Last month was the sixth-wettest June in Wisconsin history.

As of Wednesday, 79 large active wildfires have burned 1,103,993 acres across AK, AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, and WA. This year to date, 26,468 wildfires have burned 3,498,035 acres across the country.
In Arizona, 12 fires have burned 34,709 acres as of Wednesday.
In California, 12 fires have burned 101,671 acres as of Wednesday.
In Nevada, 1 fire has burned 1,246 acres as of Wednesday.
In New Mexico, 2 fires have burned 4,991 acres as of Wednesday.
In Oregon, 31 fires have burned 791,653 acres as of Wednesday.
In Washington, 9 fires have burned 82,645 acres as of Wednesday.

On Sunday and Monday, Earth saw its hottest two days on record globally since at least 1940.
The oceans have been at record-warm levels for 15 straight months.
Over the weekend, a 56-year-old woman died while hiking near a state park in southwestern Utah after running out of water in extreme heat.