In the U.S., the frequency of disasters causing at least $1 billion in damages has gone from roughly 3 a year during the 1980s to an annual average of 17.8 over the period from 2018 to 2022.
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New England’s wetter, warmer future is already here
The fifth National Climate Assessment includes data showing the region is seeing extreme heat on land and at sea, especially in the Gulf of Maine, and more frequent heavy rainstorms than any other region of the country.
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How off-the-charts global warmth may have strengthened Hurricane Otis
The 165 mph winds it whipped into Acapulco were stronger than anything Mexico’s west coast is known to have endured from a tropical cyclone.
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Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating
While little is known about possible deaths or the full extent of the damage, experts are calling Otis the strongest storm in history to make landfall along the Eastern Pacific Coast.
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First major snowstorm of the season hitting the northern Rockies after a warm fall
Some higher elevations in the northern Rockies could see snow totals of 2 feet or more.
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Jay accepts low bid for temporary bridge from Raymond company
The price from Starrett Snow and Landscape Services is $96,732.
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After summer’s extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, poll suggests
They may still be reluctant to describe it as man-made, but its existence for whatever reason has garnered a little more credibility.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia off the mid-Atlantic coast producing winds just below hurricane force
Forecasters said Ophelia was about 90 miles south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and heading north-northwest at 12 mph., on Friday night.
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Tropical storm warning issued for East Coast ahead of potential cyclone
The tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware.
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Wife of the only Mainer killed during Lee struggles to come to terms with what happened
Hailee Phillips said she was on the phone with her husband, Gary, when a tree fell on his car during the storm around 9 a.m. Saturday. He died of his injuries at the hospital.