The U.S. has experienced a record 25 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2023, surpassing any previous Jan-Oct period. Climate change is exacerbating extreme weather events, with concerns about the impact on the disability community. The Amazon faces deforestation that could lead to widespread forest dieback and exacerbate droughts. The ongoing SW megadrought and low Colorado River reservoir levels indicate that climate extremes will continue to worsen, leading to a potential whiplash effect from unprecedented droughts to severe floods.
Hot droughts fueled by climate change: “droughts in 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2020. Each successive blow — combined with ongoing deforestation & rising temperatures — chips away at the Amazon’s ability to bounce back & puts it closer to a tipping point” https://t.co/CZXF0esL4M
As climate change worsens, with extreme weather events becoming more severe and frequent nationwide, the disability community is sounding the alarm. @JudyWoodruff reports. https://t.co/R7AlGzgILT
The United States has had a record 25 weather disasters so far in 2023, each of which caused at least $1 billion in damage — and a new NASA analysis suggests the year’s extreme weather events may be far from over. https://t.co/6ivZgOg91o
Climate change whiplash - unprecedented droughts give way to severe floods. Because warming allows the atmosphere to demand and dump more moisture, it means more/worse hydrologic extremes - both dry and wet. https://t.co/vdmSY3hhVy
I bet the SW megadrought -including in CA- is not over. Certainly CO River reservoirs are still low. In any case, climate extremes will continue to worsen - “the prospect of another wet winter on top of already saturated conditions is raising flood fears” https://t.co/6dfYBFICgi
Deforestation of the Amazon may reach a critical point where abrupt declines in rainfall could cause widespread forest dieback, according to a new @ScienceAdvances Focus. https://t.co/pMxslYOBJB https://t.co/wd4keuYEjF
Another 2023 climate change record: “2023 Smashes Record Number Of US Billion-Dollar Disasters” Real people getting hurt more and more. https://t.co/E4rXctspXB https://t.co/1oqDi0Sf9j
For those keeping score... we're up to 25 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters so far this year, the largest number of disasters for any year since @NOAA started keeping track. Read more in the @NOAANCEI October climate report: https://t.co/d4Dt48Gw9U https://t.co/RnWot8lLz3
Pretty staggering the 2023 U.S. billion-dollar #weather disaster count is now up to *25*. Six more than any previous Jan-Oct period, with two months left this year. https://t.co/ueL7WCp0nl https://t.co/KRBDKrjXE0