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DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] · 2026-07-09 · 20:39 UTC

Was that #ClimateChange ? Scientists ponder a deadly July 4 weekend

by Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY Jul 8, 2026

"Early July brought historic #ExtremeWeather for the fourth year in a row, and scientists again see the 'fingerprints' of climate change in a deadly Fourth of July.

"In 2023, it was a record-smashing #HeatWave. In 2024, history-making #HurricaneBeryl ripped through the Caribbean. In 2025, a shockingly deadly #flood. And in 2026? Another deadly #heatwave.

"Days later, the heat warnings have finally faded for much of the eastern United States, but the grim number of heat-related deaths continues to rise.

"At least 44 deaths have been reported as a result of the July 1 to July 4 heat wave, but it will be weeks or months before researchers finalize an estimate of the number of people who died or suffered injuries as a result of the extreme heat.

"More than 1,300 heat records were matched or broken for maximum high temperatures and warm overnight lows across 40 states and territories over the four days.

"Though summer heat isn't new, the heat wave of July 2026 is something different.

"From June 29 to July 5, 201 million Americans experienced at least one day when climate change made high temperatures at least three times more likely, #ShelWinkley, chief meteorologist at #ClimateCentral, told USA TODAY. Temperatures on July 3 had 'a very strong fingerprint of climate change,' he said, affecting 136 million Americans."

#ClimateCrisis #USWx #RecordBreakingHeat #HeatDome #ExtremeHeat #ClimateDiaryUS #ClimateDiary

#heatwave #hurricaneberyl #flood #shelwinkley #climatecentral #climatecrisis

Jericho Jameston @[email protected] · 2024-07-02 · 19:58 UTC

#Drone footage shows shocking #devastation on #Caribbean island Petit #Martinique from #HurricaneBeryl as historic #storm intensifies into terrifying #Category5, #Jamaica now under #hurricane warning: #weather #Cat5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHEK-4FWXzs

#drone #devastation #caribbean #martinique #hurricaneberyl #storm

Houston Public Media @[email protected] · 2024-07-02 · 14:13 UTC

Hurricane Beryl upgraded to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 5 storm late Monday night, the National Hurricane Center said, as it crossed islands in the southeastern Caribbean.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/weather/2024/07/02/492455/hurricane-beryl-grows-to-category-5-strength-in-the-southeast-caribbean/

#News #Weather #Category5Hurricane #HurricaneBeryl #NationalHurricaneCenter #Noaa