Key Facts Of The Day 2/10

Storms and Flooding

• On Thursday, a storm system brought powerful winds, severe thunderstorms, and snow to the Midwest.
  • Fifty million Americans were under high-wind warnings or wind advisories Thursday morning, stretching from portions of the Deep South to the Great Lakes and Canadian border.
  • On Thursday afternoon, around 75,000 customers were without power from Indiana to West Virginia.
  • The National Weather Service received four reports of tornadoes in southern Mississippi and at least one in southern Louisiana on Wednesday.

Wildfire

• As of February 3, there are currently 0  large active wildfires that have burned 0 acres across the country.
• As of February 3, 1,688 wildfires have burned 12,882 acres across the country.

Extreme Heat

• Brown, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Calumet, and Manitowoc Counties are the top five counties in Wisconsin with the fastest-rising temperatures in the last 100 years.
• January 2023 was the warmest January on record for Ann Arbor, Michigan, over the past decade.
  • Ann Arbor’s average temperature during the month was 32.3 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 6.8 degrees higher than the monthly average over the past ten years.

New Reports and Data

• A February 2023 study found that human activities have destroyed a fifth of the world’s wetlands since 1700.
• A February 2023 study found that in California, every 20 zero-emissions vehicles per 1,000 people in a given zip code led to a 3.2% drop in the rate of emergency room visits due to asthma.