A deadly glacial avalanche in Italy. The 4th major flood in Sydney since March. Record Alaskan wildfires. Another U.S. heat wave. Extreme weather events tied to human-caused global warming are slamming the planet — and the results have been deadly.
In Alaska,These strikes touched off more wildfires in a season already on track to be one of the state's worst, withOne wildfire is burning close enough to Clear Space Force Station toto place the base in "set" mode, ready to evacuate if necessary. The station is home to a sophisticated ballistic missile detection radar.
According to Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, wildfires burned the second-largest acreage on record during the month of June, withOne unusual aspect of the fires has been their prevalence in southwestern parts of the state, and the size of the blazes in tundra ecosystems.
The wildfires have covered much of the state in hazardous smoke, with air quality in Fairbanks and smaller communities reaching levels more commonly seen in India and China.Alaska has been unusually warm and dry in recent months, and there is a heat wave affecting northwestern Canada, helping to jump-start the wildfire season there too.
Before and after imagery of flooding in the Windsor and Richmond areas of New South Wales in Australia. Some locations saw up to 31.5 inches of rain during the weekend, with 8 inches in 24 hours in parts of Sydney, per Australia's
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