U.S. Weather Highlights 2021: 2021 Hurricane Ida, Historic Cold, Heat, Drought, and Severe Storms
LeComte, Douglas
Année de publication
2022
To say that 2021 was a year of extremes would be an understatement. What can you say about 116°F in Portland, Oregon, or a 172-mph hurricane wind gust off Louisiana's coast? Or a cold wave-induced collapse of the Texas power grid that left millions without power? Or the most intense rains ever measured in New York City? Or wildfires that burned more than 2 million acres of woodland in California? The United States experienced 20 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2021, according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), including 11 severe storm events and Four tropical cyclones.</p>
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