Extreme Climate And Weather Events
April 28 2023: Atmospheric Levels Of CO2=425 p.p.m. (NOAA)
Spring & Summer 2023
May 2023
May 7 2023: DR Congo floods death toll surpasses 400 (Aljazeera News)
May 8 2023: Alberta Wildfires Displace Over 30 000 People
May 20 2023 Alberta wildfires: Climate change increasing risk of fires and other extreme weather events (Global News)
May 22 2023: Due to ongoing wildfires, Alberta air quality among lowest on Earth. (CBC News)
May 26 2023: State Farm Halts Home-Insurance Sales in California : Insurers have faced higher costs and wildfire risks (The Wall Street Journal)
May 27 2023: Flood-Battered Italian Region May See More Violent and Frequent Storms (The New York Times)
May 30 2023: More Than 16,000 Evacuated as Wildfire Rages Outside Halifax (The New York Times)
June 2023
June 7 2023: ‘I can taste the air’: Hazardous smoke from wildfires hangs over millions in Canada, US (Associated Press)
June 12 2023: No re-entry timeline for evacuees as Alberta breaks wildfire season record (CBC News)
June 15 2023: June temperatures briefly passed key climate threshold. Scientists expect more such spikes (Associated Press)
June 18 2023: Donnie Creek wildfire in northeast B.C. now the largest recorded in province's history (CBC News)
June 19 2023: Europe's 2022 summer heat record not a 'one-off' -WMO, EU report (Reuters)
June 20 2023: Days of sweltering heat, power cuts in northern India overwhelm hospitals as death tolls climb (Associated Press)
June 24 2023: Beijing sweats in extreme heat for record third day (Reuters)
June 25 2023: Wildfire smoke: Montreal has world’s worst air quality today (Montreal Gazette)
June 30 2023: Climate nears point of no return as land, sea temperatures break records, experts say (Reuters)
July 2023
July 4 2023: World registers hottest day ever recorded on Monday (Aljazeera)
July 5 2023: Flooding Kills 15 in Chinese City Amid Bout of Extreme Weather (Bloomberg)
July 11 2023: U.S. northeast hit with once-in-1,000-year torrential rainfall, flash floods (CBC Video)
July 15 2023: Europe heatwave 2023 – live: Italy braces for 49C as wildfire sparks evacuation in Spain (Independent.co.uk)
July 16 2023: Record-breaking 10 million hectares of land burned in Canada's wildfires (CTV News)
July 17 2023: China logs 52.2 Celsius as extreme weather rewrites records (Reuters)
July 22 2023: Historic flooding hits Nova Scotia amid torrential downpours (CBC News)
July 22 2023: Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists (BBC.Com/News)
July 29 2023: B.C. wildfire fighter dies while on frontlines of largest fire in province's history (CBC News)
August 2023
August 2 2023: British Columbia’s record-breaking wildfire season, by the numbers (The Toronto Star)
August 4 2023: Ocean heat record broken, with grim implications for the planet (BBC News)
August 8 2023: July was Earth's hottest month ever recorded, EU climate service says, warning of "dire consequences" (CBS News)
August 9 2023: Extreme weather blasts US with severe thunderstorms and record-breaking heat: Latest forecast (ABC News)
August 10 2023: Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 36 (CBC News)
August 10 2023: Maui fires death toll rises to at least 53, hundreds forced to evacuate; Biden approves disaster declaration (CBS News)
August 13 2023 : Maui wildfires leave trail of death and destruction-Live Updates (CNN)
August 16 2023: Northwest Territories declares territorial state of emergency amid wildfires (CTV News)
August 17 2023: Canada wildfire: all 20,000 Yellowknife residents evacuating (Reuters)
August 28 2023: This Brutal Summer in 10 Alarming Maps and Graphs (Wired)
August 29 2023: Devastating Greek wildfire now in its 11th day is the biggest ever recorded in the EU (PBS Newshour)