Louisiana residents are experiencing a most interesting time in history. We are having both flood AND drought at the same time. While the Mississippi River reaches flood levels not seen since 1973, the State of Louisiana is also experiencing drought. With the Morganza and Bonnet Carre’ floodways flowing like raging torrents to remove water from […]
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The Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program and Oklahoma Climatological Survey hosted a climate adaptation meeting on May 10th at the National Weather Center in Norman, OK. Participants included representatives from various state, local, tribal, federal, and non-profit organizations across Oklahoma. Click on the links below to see some of the material that was presented at
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The Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program team recently completed its latest annual report detailing program activities completed and underway during May 2010 through April 2011. To view the report, click on the image below or visit our SCIPP Documents section. Annual Report Cover
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The catastropic severe weather events that occurred yesterday, April 27, 2011, are a harsh reminder of the power of mother nature and will be remembered for generations to come. Although much information regarding the number of tornadoes, intensities, injuries, and deaths is still being documented, preliminary information (as of April 28, 2011) suggest that this
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So far in 2011, more than 1.4 million acres have burned in Texas. Some 800 fires have occurred throughout the state, burning 401 structures and costing two firefighters their lives. Why is fire activity so extreme in Texas this year? This image, made with data collected by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s
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The latest weekly Drought Monitor from the National Drought Mitigation Center was released today (March 24), and it’s not a pretty picture for the south central U.S. (see image below). Though drought conditions have been occurring across portions of the south since the spring of 2010 (especially in Louisiana), drought conditions have been expanding in
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The National Climatic Data Center recently released updated information on billion dollar climate and weather disasters that have occurred across the United States during the past 30 years (1980-2010). The southeastern quadrant of the United States, including the entire region comprising the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (OK, TX, AR, LA, TN, and MS), was
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The Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program has recently completed an assessment report focused on historical disaster declarations across the United States entitled, “A Geographic Assessment of Major Disaster Declarations Across the Lower 48 States.” The purpose of the report is to quantify and visualize historical disaster declarations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in
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Today the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program and Southern Regional Climate Center are launching a new monthly publication called the Southern Climate Monitor. The Southern Climate Monitor, or Monitor for short, is an experimental climate outreach tool focused on the south central portion of the United States – specifically the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas,
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The latest outlooks from the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center forecast a greater than 40% chance of a warmer than average winter across much of the Southern United States during December 2010 through February 2011. The highest chances for a warmer than average winter are indicated for much of Texas, as
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