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Topic: Extreme events

Map of Category 5 - March 1993, Mid-Atlantic/New England

How a historic storm swept in a new era in forecasting

March 13, 2023

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Map of Category 5 - March 1993, Mid-Atlantic/New England

Photo of Lake Oroville, California, in April 2021 reflected the severity of water shortages across the region that year. Getty Images.

Climate attribution tools critical for understanding extreme events

January 9, 2023

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Photo of Lake Oroville, California, in April 2021 reflected the severity of water shortages across the region that year. Getty Images.

Daytime high temperatures across the U.S. on June 28, 2021. Map by NOAA Climate.gov, based on RTMA/URMA data.

Astounding heat shatters records across Pacific Northwest

June 30, 2021

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Daytime high temperatures across the U.S. on June 28, 2021. Map by NOAA Climate.gov, based on RTMA/URMA data.

Flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda in Roman Forest, Texas, on September 19, 2019.

2010–2019 a landmark decade for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters

January 31, 2020

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Billion-Dollar Disasters

Flooding from Tropical Storm Imelda in Roman Forest, Texas, on September 19, 2019.

Coral bleaching at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, March 2016.

Special report: 2016 extreme weather events and ties to climate change

December 13, 2017

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climate analyses and statistics

Coral bleaching at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, March 2016.

The 2015 Alaska fire season burned the second largest number of acres since records began in 1940. Human-induced climate change may have increased the risk of a fire season of this severity by 34-60%.

December 15: NOAA, partners to announce findings from 'Explaining Extreme Events of 2015' report

December 12, 2016

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The 2015 Alaska fire season burned the second largest number of acres since records began in 1940. Human-induced climate change may have increased the risk of a fire season of this severity by 34-60%.

Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew at Pitt-Greenville Airport in North Carolina.

Aerial photos of North Carolina flooding now available online

October 18, 2016

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Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew at Pitt-Greenville Airport in North Carolina.

U.S. Coast Guard members rescue locals from flood water on their flat-bottom boats in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Aug. 14, 2016.

4 new billion-dollar disasters bump year-to-date total to 12

October 6, 2016

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climate analyses and statistics

U.S. Coast Guard members rescue locals from flood water on their flat-bottom boats in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Aug. 14, 2016.

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