In the U.S., the frequency of disasters causing at least $1 billion in damages has gone from roughly 3 a year during the 1980s to an annual average of 17.8 over the period from 2018 to 2022.
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Posted inMaine, News, The Maine Forecast
Incoming storm to bring flood threat, high winds and heavy rain to Maine
Though the storm should last 24 hours or less for most of the state, flooding and power outages are possible.
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Posted inMaine, News, The Maine Forecast
Coastal storm to bring snow, rain and power outages to Maine
The dry stretch of weather in Maine is about to come to an end.
Posted inMaine
New England’s wetter, warmer future is already here
The fifth National Climate Assessment includes data showing the region is seeing extreme heat on land and at sea, especially in the Gulf of Maine, and more frequent heavy rainstorms than any other region of the country.
Posted inNation & World, News
Anchorage adds to record homeless death total as major winter storm drops more than 2 feet of snow
Anchorage has struggled to find a solution to house the homeless.
Posted inNation & World, News
How off-the-charts global warmth may have strengthened Hurricane Otis
The 165 mph winds it whipped into Acapulco were stronger than anything Mexico’s west coast is known to have endured from a tropical cyclone.
Posted inNation & World, News
Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating
While little is known about possible deaths or the full extent of the damage, experts are calling Otis the strongest storm in history to make landfall along the Eastern Pacific Coast.
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First major snowstorm of the season hitting the northern Rockies after a warm fall
Some higher elevations in the northern Rockies could see snow totals of 2 feet or more.
Posted inNation & World
After summer’s extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, poll suggests
They may still be reluctant to describe it as man-made, but its existence for whatever reason has garnered a little more credibility.
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The threat of wildfires is rising. So are new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them
Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, fueling demand for new solutions.