Very Sadly: Storm Watch: Patterns of Severe US Weather Incidents…SEE MORE
Officially beginning on June 1, the 2024 hurricane season is predicted by most to be a significant one. Predictions for the 2024 season were made public in May by forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS), a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Above the 30-year average of 14.4 named storms, they predict 17 to 25 named storms in 2024. Twenty-four additional university, government, and private sector organizations have independently forecast above-average numbers for the year in hurricane activity.
Climate change is increasing the frequency of very intense hurricanes (classified as category 4 or category 5), according to climate scientists, and sea level rise is exacerbating floods from hurricane storm surges. Population increase in high-risk coastal areas also dramatically
Officially beginning on June 1, the 2024 hurricane season is predicted by most to be a significant one. Predictions for the 2024 season were made public in May by forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS), a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Above the 30-year average of 14.4 named storms, they predict 17 to 25 named storms in 2024. Twenty-four additional university, government, and private sector organizations have independently forecast above-average numbers for the year in hurricane activity.
Climate change is increasing the frequency of very intense hurricanes (classified as category 4 or category 5), according to climate scientists, and sea level rise is exacerbating floods from hurricane storm surges.
Severe hurricanes are not the only extreme weather phenomena that are increasing in frequency. Disasters such as heat waves, tornadoes, droughts, wildfires, floods, and winter storms can harm ecosystems and societies. Numerous weather extremes are posing problems for American communities, which are finding it difficult to respond to and adjust to high-cost, low-probability catastrophes.
We’ll cover the trends and geographic distribution of extreme weather events in the US in three blog entries, along with the consequences these events have on property damage, agricultural damage, and fatalities.
To research these patterns, we used the NOAA Storm Events Database. The Storm occurrences Database is an extensive collection of storm data as well as important meteorological occurrences that the NWS records, like tornadoes, wildfires, and extremely high temperatures. NWS has 123 forecast offices across the nation, and they get information about storm events from a range of sources, including local law enforcement, trained volunteers in the Skywarn spotters program, federal, state, and local emergency management officials, NWS damage surveys, the insurance industry, and the general public. Estimates of crop damage, deaths, injuries, and property damage—both insured and uninsured—are included in the statistics.
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