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Dry Southwest still waiting on winter in January 2017

Tom Di Liberto | January 5, 2018

Drought has deepened over the southwestern United States which has delayed the arrival of snow and start of winter for parts of Arizona.

December wildfires scorch southern California in 2017

Tom Di Liberto | December 15, 2017

Uncommonly large wildfires for so late in the season devastated parts of southern California, especially in areas around Los Angeles.

Human influence on climate led to several major weather extremes in 2016

American Meteorological Society | December 14, 2017

Now in its sixth year, a NOAA-led report published by the American Meteorological Society provides the results of more than two dozen studies of various extreme weather and climate events in 2016 and the role global warming did or didn't play in them.

Mount Agung erupts in Indonesia: Is it a climate event?

Tom Di Liberto | December 7, 2017

Mount Agung in Indonesia erupted for the first time since 1963 causing widespread evacuations on the island of Bali. But is it a climate event?

Record low sea ice in Alaska waters in fall 2017

Rebecca Lindsey | November 21, 2017

Where winter sea ice should be starting to cover the ocean, thousands of square miles of open water stretch westward from Alaska across the Bering and Chukchi Seas in November 2017.

Smog descends on India and Pakistan in mid-November 2017

Tom Di Liberto | November 15, 2017

Suffocating smog stifled communities across northern India and Pakistan in mid-November 2017.

King tides cause flooding in Florida in fall 2017

Tom Di Liberto | November 8, 2017

Southern Florida experienced its highest tides of the year over the last couple of months leading to coastal flooding.

Even with global warming, extremely hot summers would be less frequent if it weren't for deforestation

Rebecca Lindsey | November 6, 2017

Across much of the mid-latitudes, models estimate that the converting forests to farms and rangeland shortened the return period for extremely hot, dry summers: from every 10 years to every 2-3 years.

NOAA partners with Northern Plains tribes to improve drought resilience

Natalie Umphlett | November 2, 2017

The interim director of NOAA's High Plains Regional Climate Center talks about partnering with tribes on the Wind River Indian Reservation to develop new tools and resources for coping with drought.

Water rationing in South Africa's second-largest city after multi-year drought

Tom Di Liberto | November 1, 2017

Several consecutive years of well below-average rains have led to low reservoir levels and water rationing in South Africa's second most populous city, Cape Town.

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