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‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists

Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory

The Guardian - US

Too warm to snow: Western US fears wildfires and water shortages while eastern states shiver

While eastern states suffer bone-chilling cold, the west is facing the opposite problem.

Euronews

Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires

Except for California, most Western states are experiencing the worst snow drought in decades not because of dry conditions but really warm temperatures that change snow to rain

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Why are so many historically rare storms hitting the Carolinas? Geography puts these states at risk, and climate change is loading the dice

Hurricane Helene caused deadly and destructive flooding when it swept through the Southeast on Sept. 26-29, 2024. Across a broad swath of western North Carolina, where the worst flooding occurred, the amount of rainfall exceeded levels that would be expected on average only once every 1,000 years.

The Conversation

Don’t expect Colorado to have a good snow year. Here’s why

Colorado can expect a warmer and drier winter, putting the state at greater risk of wildfire and lessening the chance of rebounding from the ongoing megadrought plaguing the West, climate scientists say.

The Denver Post

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Why flooding could be more common in Colorado this summer

DENVER — When rain falls, if it does, Colorado faces a rising risk of flooding, mudslides and rockfalls — like those that closed Interstate 70 last year — due to an “expanding bull's-eye” of barren, scorched and less-stable terrain.

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Continued warm, dry weather in Colorado raises alarms about reliability of power systems

Colorado utilities are preparing for what’s shaping up to be a hotter-than-normal and relatively dry summer while regulators are assessing how to keep the lights and power on as the climate changes.

The Denver Post

AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won't replace human experts

A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea for that time: constructing a systematic process based on math for predicting the weather. In his 1922 book, “Weather Prediction By Numerical Process,” Richardson tried to write an equation that he could use to solve the dynamics of…

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