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2009 Australian dust storm: September 23, 2009 South Australia to inland New South Wales, Australia 2010 China drought and dust storms: Spring 2010 China and parts of Southeast Asia: 2014 Tehran dust storm: June 2, 2014 Tehran, Iran: 2018 Indian dust storms: 2021 East Asia sandstorm: March 2021 Mongolia, China and South Korea: 2022 Iraq dust ...
Lake Okeechobee is heavily polluted and during extreme events releases large volumes of polluted water into the St. Lucie River estuary and the Caloosahatchee River estuary. Loss of Louisiana Wetlands due to Mississippi River levees, saltwater intrusion through manmade channels, timber harvesting, subsidence, and hurricane damage.
Beryl is the earliest category 4 and 5 hurricane in history. 2023 Hurricane: 7 (+3 indirect) $2.2-5 billion Hurricane Idalia: Florida: 2023 Wildfire: 110 ~$6 billion (as of August 12) 2023 Hawaii wildfires: Hawaii: 2023 Tornado outbreak: 33 $4.3 billion Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023: Southern United States, Midwestern United ...
The storms went through the upper Midwest, causing widespread wind damage across the region. This makes the fourth derecho in 7 months to hit the area, when the area typically only gets one every two years. The storms were very high in precipitation, which made the sky appear as a bright green color. The derecho produced two tornadoes in Iowa. [82]
Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday declared 2025 to 2034 the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms — extreme weather events that are increasing and threatening health and ...
Arthur Rothstein's Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm, a Resettlement Administration photograph taken in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, in April 1936. The Dust Bowl was the result of a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
Dust storms are created when fast-moving winds kick up dirt and debris into the air, creating a dark swirling mass that can be difficult to see through or breath in. They become particularly ...