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High temperatures exacerbated by climate change made 2022 Northern Hemisphere droughts more likely

Western Central Europe, North America, China, and other parts of the Northern Hemisphere faced water shortages, extreme heat, and soil moisture drought conditions throughout the summer of 2022

05 October, 2022 | Drought | Europe, North America, Northern Asia

Western North American extreme heat virtually impossible without human-caused climate change

During the last days of June 2021, Pacific northwest areas of the U.S. and Canada experienced temperatures never previously observed, with records broken in many places by several degrees Celsius.

07 July, 2021 | Heatwave | North America

Rapid attribution of the extreme rainfall in Texas from Tropical Storm Imelda

Flooding in Texas

A new rapid analysis concludes that the extreme rainfall and flooding caused by Tropical Storm Imelda was made more likely and intense due to global warming.

27 September, 2019 | Extreme rainfall, Storms | North America

Hurricane Florence, September 2018

Hurrican photo by NASA on Unsplash

Hurricane Florence is forecast to cause widespread damage due to the storm surge, extreme rainfall and high winds along the US East coast.

13 September, 2018 | Storms | North America

A cold winter in North America, December 2017 to January 2018

Trees in snow, US, Photo by Alexey Kuzmin on Unsplash

Over the last week of 2017 and first week of 2018, a cold wave gripped the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada, with temperatures over 18ºF (10ºC) colder than is typical at this time of year over this area, setting records at many sites.

29 January, 2018 | Cold spells | North America

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