Climate Impact Report - 10/29 - Climate Power Education Fund

Quick Facts

Flooding caused by a combination of high tides, runoff from Tuesday’s nor’easter and storm surge, and Friday’s oncoming storm inundated roads throughout Toms River, New Jersey on Thursday evening.
Two days after a nor’easter hit Massachusetts, more than 160,000 homes and businesses on Cape Cod, the South Shore and Cape Ann are still affected by power outages.
While still full of leaves, the bomb cyclone stressed Pacific Northwest trees early this year increasing the threat of them being toppled.
Experts investigating the summer flooding on behalf of metro Detroit’s regional water claim that electrical problems at a pump station on the city’s east side played a large role in causing water-logged basements upstream of the hampered facility.

As of Friday, there are currently 6 large active wildfires that have burned 336,400 acres across CA, MT, OR, and WA.
Two years after the Camp Fire destroyed about 14,000 homes, about 1,300 single- and multi-family homes have been rebuilt in Paradise, California.
The Dixie Fire destroyed the town of Greenville, which is one of the poorest communities in Plumas County.
Undocumented farmworkers who make up three-quarters of all farmworkers bear the brunt of California’s climate crisis.
- When fires disrupt their work or destroy their property, undocumented farmerworkers typically get nothing and also ineligible for unemployment benefits and health insurance.
Oregon State University received a $7.65 million USDA grant to study the impact of wildfire smoke on grapes and wine.
As of Thursday, Colorado Springs Fire Department’s Mitigation Section and City Parks and Forestry staff are teaming up with community volunteers to complete fire mitigation work at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site.
In California, 3 fires have burned 202,805 acres as of Friday.
- The Alisal Fire burned 17,281 acres and was 99% contained as of Friday.
- The KNP Complex Fire burned 88,307 acres and was 73% contained as of Friday.
In Montana, 1 fire has burned a total of 1,379 acres as of Friday.
In Oregon, 1 fire has burned a total of 24,894 acres as of Friday.
In Washington, 1 fire has burned a total of 107,322 acres as of Friday.

At least 9 people collapsed and died while hiking in extreme temperatures in California this summer.
As drought strains California’s water resources, farmers shift their scarce water resources to crops with higher payoffs, such as nuts and vegetables.
Due to extreme heat and drought conditions, the USDA predicts prices for beef, veal, and pork to rise by between 6.5% and 7.5% this year from last year.
Centuries of land loss and forced relocation have left Native Americans significantly more exposed to the effects of climate change.
- The Mojave tribe experienced an average of 117 days above 100 degrees or 62 more than on its historical lands.
- The Hopi reservation experienced an average of 57 days above 100 degrees, compared with just two days on their historical lands.
- The Chemehuevi experienced an average of 84 days of extreme heat each year, 29 days more than on their historical lands.
- Extreme heat means higher electricity costs which has pushed tribal members to leave their reservation and relocate to cities, where there’s more access to air-conditioned spaces.
As water temperatures rise, oysters, shrimp, and baitfish are depleted, threatening the agricultural and fishing traditions of the Gullah Geechee.
The Okaloosa County Health Department issued a warning for red tide as low to high levels of the K. Brevis bacteria were detected in 6 locations.

An October 2021 study found that extreme weather can cause economic ripples along the supply chains and can amplify other economic ripples around the world.
An October 2021 study found that urban areas across the United States are undercounting greenhouse gas emissions.
An October 2021 study found that the nutritional value of giant kelp decreases as sea temperatures increase, which can affect the communities that rely on kelp for food and shelter.