Kiowa County weather recap - January 12, 2022
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2021’s biggest climate and weather disasters cost the U.S. $145 billion
The disasters just kept coming in 2021, from Hurricane Ida's destruction across Louisiana and the Northeast to devastating wildfires in the West and damaging storms, tornadoes and floods. Nearly half the U.S. was in drought, and extreme temperature spikes disrupted power supplies.
Kiowa County weather recap - January 5, 2022
Devastating Colorado fires cap a year of climate disasters in 2021, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry
Alongside a lingering global pandemic, the year 2021 was filled with climate disasters, some so intense they surprised even the scientists who study them.
Kiowa County weather recap - December 29, 2021
Extreme weather events in 2021 highlight climate change's effect
(Northern Rockies News Service) 2021 has been a year of extreme weather events in Idaho. Among the worst and most unforgettable was an extreme heat wave.
Curious Kids: What’s the record for how long it’s ever rained without stopping?
Some places rarely see the sun.
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Warmest Christmas ever? Sweltering month in the Plains to continue
Some major cities could see their highest Christmas temperatures in nearly 100 years, while others could be in need of an all-new record book for Christmas.
Kiowa County weather recap - December 22, 2021
Tornadoes and climate change: What a warming world means for deadly twisters and the type of storms that spawn them
The deadly tornado outbreak that tore through communities from Arkansas to Illinois on the night of Dec. 10-11, 2021, was so unusual in its duration and strength, particularly for December, that a lot of people including the U.S. president are asking what role climate change might have played.