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March 31, 2023: Tornado damage in the Walnut Ridge neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. This tornado, as well as the larger severe weather outbreak associated with it, was one of 28 separate billion-dollar disasters to impact the U.S. in 2023.

U.S. struck with historic number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023

January 9, 2024

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March 31, 2023: Tornado damage in the Walnut Ridge neighborhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. This tornado, as well as the larger severe weather outbreak associated with it, was one of 28 separate billion-dollar disasters to impact the U.S. in 2023.

An aerial view of a property surrounded by flood water on December 9, 2022, in Louth, Australia. Prolonged flooding along the Barwon-Darling River and its tributaries due to unseasonably high rainfall turned vast swaths of the Western Plains into islands, cut off from road access. 2022 was the warmest La Nina year on record as increasingly extreme and changing conditions impacted the globe.

International report confirms record-high greenhouse gases, global sea levels in 2022

September 6, 2023

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An aerial view of a property surrounded by flood water on December 9, 2022, in Louth, Australia. Prolonged flooding along the Barwon-Darling River and its tributaries due to unseasonably high rainfall turned vast swaths of the Western Plains into islands, cut off from road access. 2022 was the warmest La Nina year on record as increasingly extreme and changing conditions impacted the globe.

In an aerial view, piles of debris remain where homes once stood before an EF-4 tornado on March 26, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

Freight train of atmospheric rivers brought record rain, snow in March

April 10, 2023

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In an aerial view, piles of debris remain where homes once stood before an EF-4 tornado on March 26, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

A person walks past a formerly sunken boat resting on a now-dry section of lakebed at Lake Mead on May 10, 2022.

Record drought gripped much of the U.S. in 2022

January 10, 2023

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A person walks past a formerly sunken boat resting on a now-dry section of lakebed at Lake Mead on May 10, 2022.

An aerial view showing storm and sea level rise damage at Hurst Castle on August 10, 2021 in Hampshire near Lymington, England.

BAMS report: Record-high greenhouse gases, sea levels in 2021

August 31, 2022

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An aerial view showing storm and sea level rise damage at Hurst Castle on August 10, 2021 in Hampshire near Lymington, England.

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Video: Insights from NOAA Authors on U.N. Climate Report

March 10, 2022

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Statement from NOAA Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad on the IPCC Climate Change 2022 Impacts Report

February 28, 2022

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Firefighter with axe with blazing fire in the background.

U.S. saw its 4th-warmest year on record, fueled by a record-warm December

January 10, 2022

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The front cover of the State of the Climate in 2020 Report issued by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on August 25, 2021.

International report confirms 2020 was among 3 warmest years on record for planet

August 25, 2021

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State of the Climate

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The front cover of the State of the Climate in 2020 Report issued by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society on August 25, 2021.

Statement from NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad on new IPCC report

August 9, 2021

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