While the numbers are preliminary, it is clear that 2024 has been an extremely active season so far.
Share on linkedin Damaging and deadly twisters occurred in Texas and Oklahoma Friday night, then moved eastward. Sunday night, tornadoes struck some of the same areas in Kentucky that were hit by theThe repeat storms in the Plains, Mississippi River Valley and Ohio Valley this season are related in part to aClimate Central's Climate Shift Index
, the heat on May 27 that occurred from Houston southward throughout Mexico, was at least five times more likely to occur due to human-caused climate change.Monday's heat index at Houston Hobby Airport reached 115°F, a scorching temperature that had never been reached before during May, and was last seen there in 1998, according to meteorologist Matt Lanza ofstruck the Dallas-Ft.
The jet stream flowing around this extreme heat and across the Central U.S. helped spark the severe weather. Such a weather pattern is known as a "ring of fire," with storms skirting the edges of the heat dome.Share on linkedin
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