Key Facts Of The Day 11/8

Hurricane

• As of Tuesday morning, Subtropical Storm Nicole was located 385 miles east-northeast of the northwest Bahamas, with maximum winds estimated at 50 MPH, and the storm was moving west-northwest at 8 MPH.
  • Rain, strong winds, and coastal flooding could begin along Florida’s east coast early Wednesday, with deteriorating conditions in the afternoon and especially at night.
    • Nicole is likely to make landfall somewhere between Fort Lauderdale and Daytona Beach late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
  • Tropical storm warnings are up from Hallandale Beach, which is just north of Miami, to the southern coast of Georgia.
  • A hurricane watch spans from Hallandale Beach to the Volusia-Brevard County line along Florida’s Space Coast.
  • A storm surge warning, for a rise in water above normally dry land, blankets the east coast of Florida and portions of coastal Georgia.
  • Nicole, or Nicole’s remnants, will sweep up the East Coast from Friday into the weekend, dropping heavy rain from the Carolinas to Canada.
  • For many locations, an entire month’s worth of rain could fall in as little as 24 hours.
• Winter storm continues to hit California bringing heavy bursts of rain and wind causing power outages and road closures.
  • A winter storm warning is in effect for the mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura counties through 10 a.m. Wednesday, with gusty winds and heavy snowfall in the forecast.

Wildfires

• As of November 4, there are currently 2 large active wildfires that have burned 127,483 across OR and TN. As of November 4, 60,647 wildfires have burned 7,227,371 acres across the country.
• In Oregon, 1 fire has burned 127,283 acres as of November 4.
  • The Cedar Creek Fire has burned 127,283 acres and is 75% contained as of November 4.
• In Tennessee, 1 fire has burned 200 acres as of November 4.

Extreme Heat

• The U.S. — exclusive of Alaska — is warming about two-thirds faster than the planet as a whole.
  • Significant parts of the country now must grapple with growing threats to safe drinking water, housing security, and infrastructure.
  • A hotter atmosphere creates health hazards, makes farming and fishing more difficult and unpredictable, and imperils key ecosystems.
• California’s water officials plan to impose a $4,000 fine on Siskiyou County ranchers for violating orders to cut back their water use during a weeklong standoff last summer.
  • A rural water association serving about 80 ranchers and farmers — facing mounting costs from hauling water and purchasing hay to replace dried-out pasture — turned on their pumps for eight days in August to divert water from the Shasta River.
  • State and federal officials said the pumping, which violated an emergency state order, threatened the river’s water quality and its salmon and other rare species.
• The drought is also hurting wildlife as the Kansas wetlands that normally act as vital pit stops for migrating birds have completely dried up.

New Reports and Data

• A November 2022 report found that climate change is unleashing “far-reaching and worsening” calamities in every region of the U.S., and the economic and human toll will only increase unless humans move faster to slow the planet’s warming.
• A November 2022 study found that ​​under the threat of climate change, mountain landscapes all over the world have the risk of becoming more hazardous to communities surrounding them.
• A November 2022 study found that extreme temperatures take a deadly toll on people in Texas prisons.