One in three Americans has been impacted by extreme weather events this summer, President Biden said Monday.
July 2021: The world’s hottest month ever recorded, surpassing the previous record set in July 2020,August 14: The Caldor Fire has burned nearly 200,000 acres and destroyed more than 1,000 structures, becoming just the second wildfire to cross the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
August 15: Tropical Storm Fred, the sixth tropical storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall in Florida on August 15 and impacted several southeastern states, leading to seven deaths and economic losses estimated at aroundAugust 21: Hurricane Henri became the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Rhode Island since Hurricane Bob some 30 years earlier and resulted in record rainfall in the Northeast.
August 22: Nearly 17 inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours in middle Tennessee, leading to catastrophic flooding, which claimed the lives of at leastAugust 29: Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana as a near-Category 5 hurricane, caused catastrophic flooding throughout the Northeastern U.S. and left millions without power, with a total of 96 deaths attributed to the storm across nine states.
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