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2019 was the 2nd wettest year on record for the U.S.

January 8, 2020

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(Left) The smoke plume from California’s Kincade Fire, as seen from the NOAA-20 satellite on October 27, 2019. (Right) Hurricane Dorian spinning near the Bahamas, as seen by the GOES-16 satellite on September 1, 2019. Dorian, and the wildfires in California and Alaska combined, were two of 14 disasters in the U.S. in 2019 that each exceeded $1 billion in damages.

U.S. hit with two billion-dollar disasters so far in 2019

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An aerial view of Offutt Air Force Base and the surrounding areas affected by flood waters March 17, 2019. An increase in water levels of surrounding rivers and waterways caused by record-setting snowfall over the winter in addition to a large drop in air pressure caused widespread flooding across the state of Nebraska. See more Air Force photos at https://www.afspc.af.mil.

2018's billion-dollar disasters in context

February 22, 2019

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U.S. Army Sgt. Rodrigo Estrada of the California Army National Guard's 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, leads a team conducting search and debris clearing operations, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, California. Image with full caption and credit available at https://flic.kr/p/2ahrTWy.

NOAA, NASA to announce 2018 global temperature, climate conditions

February 4, 2019

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A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.