Climate Impact Report – 9/23
September 23, 2024
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potential tropical
stormAs of Monday, a tropical storm was expected to form in the Caribbean Sea, potentially bringing high winds and heavy rains to the northern Gulf Coast by the end of the week.
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warmest
recorded summerArizona, California, Florida, Maine, and New Hampshire reported their warmest summers on record this year.
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tripled
heat deathsA new report found that deaths in the US related to extreme temperatures may triple by the middle of the century, hitting minority communities the hardest.
Key Facts Of The Day 9/23
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
- A tropical storm is expected to form in the western Caribbean Sea by Tuesday and is predicted to make landfall as a Hurricane on Thursday along the northern Gulf Coast.
- As of Monday, high winds, storm surge flooding, and heavy rains from the storm were expected to impact the west coast of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama.
Wildfires
- As of Monday, 42 large active wildfires have burned 1,656,005 acres across AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, OK, OR, SD, WA, and WY. This year, to date, 37,806 wildfires have burned 7,334,054 acres across the country.
- In Arizona, 3 fires have burned 21,394 acres as of Monday.
- In California, 5 fires have burned 561,335 acres as of Monday.
- In Colorado, 2 fires have burned 637 acres as of Monday.
- In Idaho, 11 fires have burned 367,956 acres as of Monday.
- In Montana, 4 fires have burned 17,714 acres as of Monday.
- In Nebraska, 1 fire has burned 1,069 acres as of Monday.
- In Oklahoma, 1 fire has burned 325 acres as of Monday.
- In Oregon, 16 fires have burned 342,239 acres as of Monday.
- In South Dakota, 1 fire has burned 15,320 acres as of Monday.
- In Washington, 2 fires have burned 13,440 acres as of Monday.
- In Wyoming, 3 fires have burned 29,975 acres as of Monday.
Extreme Heat
- Sunday marked the end of the 2024 meteorological summer, which saw several heat records broken.
- Nearly one in three weather stations nationwide reported at least one record-high temperature over the summer.
- Five states, Arizona, California, Florida, Maine, and New Hampshire, experienced their warmest summers on record.
- A new report found that deaths in the US related to extreme temperatures may triple by the middle of the century, hitting minority communities the hardest.
- By 2065, researchers predict that deaths from extreme temperatures in the US could reach 19,300 in the lower greenhouse gas emissions scenario and 26,500 with higher emissions.
- Hispanic adults could see a 527% rise in temperature-related deaths, and non-Hispanic Black adults could see a 278% increase.
- According to the USDA, climate change-induced warming was impacting apple quality this fall season and causing ripening one to two weeks earlier than usual.