Costly and inconvenient, high-tide flooding of coastal communities is on the rise. Thanks to higher water levels from El Niño and sea level rise, the number of high-tide flood days in 2018 is projected to be 60% higher this year than would have been common around 2000. Find out what's predicted for your city in this interactive map.
But lower emissions will reduce the intensity of the driest years of megadrought events.
According to NOAA scientists, 2011 was a record-breaking year for climate extremes, not just in the United States, but around the world. Here's an illustrated guide to the year's top ten global climate and weather events.
June precipitation was average across the country, a balancing out of dryness in the West and wetness in the Lower Mississippi, Eastern Seaboard, and Great Lakes.
Record-breaking June 2021 heatwave impacts the U.S. West
June 23, 2021
Guest blogger John Allen recaps tornado activity so far in 2021 and discusses the limits of using ENSO to predict seasonal tornado activity.
