Climate Impact Report – 8/5
August 5, 2024
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Debby landfallOn Monday morning, Hurricane Debby, a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds, made landfall on Florida’s Big Bend.
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structures destroyedThe Park Fire has destroyed 640 structures and damaged 52 structures.
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Dialysis PatientsA new UW-Madison study found that the risk of death for dialysis patients was 18% higher during extreme heat events.
Key Facts Of The Day 8/5
Hurricanes And Tropical Storms
- On Monday morning, Hurricane Debby, a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds, made landfall on Florida’s Big Bend.
- At least one death has been confirmed as a result of Debby.
- Tropical storm conditions have already affected Florida, with more than 10 inches of rain in some areas and more than 250,000 energy customers without power.
- A tornado watch is in effect for over 11 million people in central and northern Florida and southeastern Georgia as Hurricane Debby moves inland.
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for 61 counties expected to be affected by the storm.
- Debby tracked through near-record warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, which helped it rapidly intensify.
Wildfires
- As of Monday, 85 large active wildfires have burned 2,185,273 acres across AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, and WY. This year to date, 29,132 wildfires have burned 4,678,064 acres across the country.
- In Arizona, 3 fires have burned 30,845 acres as of Monday.
- In California, 10 fires have burned 525,742 acres as of Monday.
- In Colorado, 3 fires have burned 13,655 acres as of Monday.
- In Nevada, 2 fires have burned 18,732 acres as of Monday.
- In New Mexico, 1 fire has burned 6,500 acres as of Monday.
- In Oregon, 25 fires have burned 1,004,662 acres as of Monday.
Extreme Heat
- Nearly 300 Southern California Edison customers in Cathedral City were without power early Monday during a dangerous and unhealthy heat wave.
- A new UW-Madison study found that the risk of death for dialysis patients was 18% higher during extreme heat events.
- Extreme heat is making schools hotter and learning more difficult.