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2025 August

2025-08-31 Numerous reports surged about flash flooding, rip currents, heat waves and fires nationwide.

https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-heat-waves

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/deadliest-in-generations-the-texas-floods-are-the-latest-in-a-disturbing-pattern/

https://wmo.int/media/news/devastating-floods-highlight-need-and-challenges-warnings

2026 January

2026-01-22 The U.S. experienced record-breaking cold in the south, and 12-hour rain and ice storms in the Northeast.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/weather/weather-forecast-cold-temperatures-climate#:~:text=The%20worst%20of%20the%20upcoming,Kate%20Dearman/Bloomberg/Getty%20Images

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2026-02-02-winter-storm-gianna-bomb-cyclone-aftermath

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/15/weather/falling-iguanas-cold-weather

2026 February

2026-02-09 News agencies reported that Lake Eerie has a 100-mile crack due to increasing temperatures and can be seen from space.

https://www.news5cleveland.com/weather/weather-news/stay-off-the-ice-large-crack-forms-on-lake-erie-over-the-weekend-thawing-temps-could-increase-its-size

2026 March

2026-03-07 A barrage of tornadoes hit southwest Michigan resulting in loss of life. It was the earliest recorded tornado of its size, meaning the earliest in the year. This coincides with a huge uptick in unusual weather. The impact of climate change also hits Americans wallets with rising costs in homeowners insurance and recovery.

https://www.weather.gov/iwx/03062026_LowerMichiganTornadoes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_March_5%E2%80%937,_2026

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2026/03/10/tornado-tornadoes-union-city-three-rivers-weather/89071350007/

https://www.edf.org/climate/climate-change-and-extreme-weather

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/

2026-03-17 Half the country faced extreme threats while the other half sat under a heat-dome in triple digit weather.

https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/record-shattering-march-temperatures-in-western-north-america-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change/

https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2026-03-18-historic-march-heat-wave-west-plains-california-arizona

https://apnews.com/article/severe-weather-storm-snow-east-coast-a8bbd037aba99aaf0cc930e91fdb72ca

https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-03-20/early-southwest-heat-is-latest-in-parade-of-weather-extremes-as-earth-warms

https://www.heraldandnews.com/ap_news/winds-blizzards-and-triple-digit-heat-put-over-half-of-the-u-s-in-the/article_85ae9822-c501-55eb-a3ed-3a9793c0b269.html

https://www.telegraphherald.com/ap/national/article_7bff956b-cf4c-541c-9d9d-a6c97b6b085e.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCfntXy7AK0

2026-03-20 Hawaii faced the worst flooding in 20 years.

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2026/03/20/flooding-damage-reported-across-oahu-heavy-rain-overwhelms-already-saturated-ground/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/hawaii-oahu-flash-floods

https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/storms/oahu-floods-dam-failure-risk-evactuations-rcna264509

https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-flooding-heavy-rain-oahu-north-shore-e4b4f3642491b3e5de4a5ad7b82e9f39

https://www.dw.com/en/us-hawaii-hit-by-historic-flooding-more-rain-coming/a-76466168