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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 | Extreme rainfall | 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

Climate change fingerprints confirmed in Hurricane Harvey’s rainfall, August 2017

Satellite image of Harvey flooding, Credits: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Our scientific analysis found that human-caused climate change made the record rainfall that fell over Houston during Hurricane Harvey roughly three times more likely and 15 percent more intense.

31 August, 2017 | Extreme rainfall | North America

Warm Februaries becoming much more common in the US

Warm February in the US Photo by Gabriel Santiago on Unsplash

The contiguous United States (CONUS) was exceedingly warm east of the Rockies in February 2017, and is notable as being the 27th month in a row with more record highs than lows.

08 March, 2017 | Heatwave | North America

Deep freeze in the US, December 2016

Ice & snow in the US. Photo by Jahsie Ault on Unsplash

Speculation about the cause of forecast record low temperatures in the US led WWA researchers to explore the cold air outbreak – how was it affected by greenhouse gas emissions?

08 December, 2016 | Cold spells | North America

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