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From Cliff Mass Weather Blog cliff mass The current atmospheric river over the Gulf of Alaska may be the strongest ever recorded in the region. Latest model run shows extreme values for key indicators of atmospheric river strength, Vertically Integrated Moisture Transport (IVT)which describes the amount of water vapor that moves over a period of time. Below is the map of IVT this morning, the value exceeded 1900. Estimates of the strongest atmospheric rivers observed from 1990 to 2019 by Dr. Lexi Henny of NASA/Goddard Laboratory indicate that they were the strongest during that period of record. touching. Moisture is…
Tropical storm warning flags are flying over western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Severe weather in large areas of the western Caribbean is moving towards the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to make landfall in western Florida on Thursday under the name “Helen”. The storm, initially labeled Invest 97L, was renamed Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 (PTC 9) by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) at 11 a.m. ET on Monday. The PTC designation is used for a system that can bring a tropical storm or hurricane into a land area within 48 hours but has not yet formed a tropical…
A potentially devastating hurricane has formed in the Pacific and is heading toward Mexico. As of 2 p.m. ET Monday, Hurricane John was rapidly intensifying about 105 miles south of Punta Maldonado, which is located on Mexico's southern coast near the borders of Guerrero and Oaxaca in the southeast About 80 miles away. John is traveling north at 3 mph (4.8 km/h). John had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (113 km/h) on Monday morning, and just 12 hours later it was still officially considered a tropical depression, with winds of 30 mph (48 km/h). The storm has met the…
Democrats are touting the infrastructure bill passed by Congress in 2021 as the signature achievement of the Biden-Harris administration, but nearly three years after President Joe Biden signed it into law, some of its ambitious projects are far behind. Lower than expected. [emphasis, links added] Massive plans to expand rural broadband access have so far failed to connect all households online. The push to electrify school buses has proven costly and ineffective. A multibillion-dollar effort to build thousands of electric vehicle charging stations across the country has so far resulted in only a handful of them being built. The Infrastructure…
author: trust abdelzak In June, the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA) actively participated in a number of activities during London Climate Action Week (LCAW). This year’s forum brought together diverse individuals, organizations and communities for important discussions on global climate action, with a particular focus on accelerating climate finance and mobilizing all sectors of society to address the climate crisis. After careful consideration, the CCFLA team is excited to share our key insights and takeaways on the salient themes that emerged, particularly regarding cities and climate finance. From highlighting the growing role of cities in successfully combating the impacts…
Tropical storm warning flags are flying in western Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, and severe weather in large areas of the western Caribbean is moving toward the Gulf of Mexico. It is expected to make landfall in western Florida on Thursday under the name “Helen”. The storm, initially labeled Invest 97L, was renamed Potential Tropical Cyclone 9 (PTC 9) by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) at 11 a.m. ET on Monday. The PTC designation is used for a system that can bring a tropical storm or hurricane to a land area within 48 hours but has not yet formed a…
A potentially devastating hurricane is hitting Mexico in the Pacific. As of 11 a.m. ET Monday, Tropical Storm John was rapidly intensifying about 105 miles south of Punta Maldonado, which is on Mexico's southern coast near the border between Guerrero and Oaxaca and about 10 miles south of Albania. About 80 miles east-southeast of Capulco. John is drifting north at 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h). https://twitter.com/KacperWx/status/1838201996425490813 John had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (113 km/h) on Monday morning, and just 12 hours later, the area was still officially a tropical depression with winds of 30 mph (48 km/h).…
Article by Eric Worrell Mike Gallagher, CEO of Ports Australia – “You can't get them out. So if you can't put them out, you can imagine them on the streets, you can imagine them on ships at sea or in ports. Warning for e-scooter and bike batteries in everyday fires By: 9 News Staff September 22, 2024 8:24 pm … Firefighters have noticed a series of explosions caused by lithium batteries in e-scooters and e-bikes, which can occur even as they are being transported to stores. “The fires we see almost every day are caused by small e-scooter, e-bike type…
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday enacted a law banning most plastic bags at grocery store checkouts. [emphasis, links added] SB 1053, which would take effect in early 2026, would ban stores from providing single-use plastic bags to customers at the point of sale. The legislation is California’s second attempt to crack down on single-use plastic bags in the state and includes a number of exemptions, including for bags used to carry unpackaged food. “I’m grateful to Governor Newsom for signing this important legislation that will help protect California’s environment,” California Democratic Senator Katherine Blackspear, who sponsored the bill,…
Automakers continued to push back electric vehicle (EV) targets last year as weak consumer demand hampered growth despite billions of dollars in subsidies from the Biden-Harris administration to the industry. [emphasis, links added] Since February, many automakers have abandoned key electric vehicle targets, with Volvo, Ford and Mercedes-Benz all cutting electric quotas or abandoning previously planned product lines. The shift in corporate strategy suggests the transition to electric vehicles — once touted by auto executives such as Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley as the future of the industry — may not be as feasible as once thought as consumers abhor…