United States of America | $ 16 billion is the value of air disasters that have affected since the beginning of the year until now

ArabiaWeather - Ghalib Abu Bakr - The National Center for Environmental Information of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that September is the most extreme month.

Why was the month of September (9) classified as extremist?

It is noteworthy that the United States witnessed major disasters in the month of September, including forest fires in all western parts that have been classified historically, and the unprecedented activity of tropical cases that led to the activity of the Atlantic Ocean, and also witnessed record temperatures.

The disasters that happened in the United States cost it $ 16 billion since the beginning of the year!

Scientists in the National Center for Environmental Information stated that weather disasters amounted to 16 billion dollars , and these losses were due to 6 disasters that occurred , namely:

• Western forest fires, drought and heat wave are record in the west and central United States, Hurricane Sally, Hurricane Laura, and Hurricane Isais, all of which occurred during the month of June only!

A detailed report of the events that occurred from the beginning of the year for September (9) 2020:

Florida has the highest temperatures in the United States since the beginning of the year until September , and the total precipitation rate since the beginning of the year was 611.63 mm (22.35 mm above average).

3 states have the rainiest countries in the world

Recorded the states of Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee and Virginia , the third most countries of the world rain since the beginning and until September, and the opposite two areas Tsjlan second drought in a row without precipitation of any rain, Utah and Colorado recorded the driest areas, the second drought in the region, respectively.

Billions of dollars in disasters so far

The United States witnessed 16 climate disasters from January (1) to the end of September (9) of this year, with losses exceeding one billion dollars each. The reason for these losses was due to severe storms - which occurred in more than 30 states, and one massive fire and drought. One and three tropical cyclones .

The year 2020 was linked to the years 2011 and 2017 in terms of disasters and losses

Already linking 2020 with 2011 and 2017 for the largest number of disasters in the year, this is also a record year for the sixth year in a row that the United States struck 10 or more disasters costing billions of dollars .

Wildfires are wreaking havoc across California

Wildfires have caused havoc across the state of California since mid-August (8), as more than 4 million large farmlands have been burned across California, breaking the statewide fire record, which was recorded in 2018 with more than two million fires. .

Fires in California roaring forests dating back to 1932!

Five of the largest fires recorded in California (dating back to 1932) burned between August (8) and the end of September (9) .

5 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin at the same time for the first time since 1971!

The hurricane season in the Atlantic continued at a record pace last month. In September alone, 10 hurricanes formed for the first time since 1971, and the strange thing is that there were 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic basin at the same time.

Drought increased in neighboring states to 42.6%, an increase of 3% from the beginning of September. Drought conditions expanded in most parts of the northeastern states and the western half of the contiguous United States