DoomsdaysCW<p>The top 10 most impactful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> events of 2023</p><p>From powerful <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanes</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tornadoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tornadoes</span></a> to drought-busting storms and the deadliest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> in the US in a century, here is a look back at the most unforgettable weather events of 2023.</p><p>By Monica Danielle, AccuWeather senior producer</p><p>Published Dec 26, 2023 </p><p>1. Record-breaking January tornado outbreak</p><p>In a month typically clocking inches of snow, there were a whopping 168 tornadoes reported over two outbreaks, more than triple the historical average for January, setting a new record for the month.</p><p>An outbreak on January 12 produced 70 tornado reports across seven states. This date included two EF3 tornadoes that resulted in at least 9 deaths and 34 injuries across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a>. An EF2 tornado also caused devastation in the historic city of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SelmaAlabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelmaAlabama</span></a>, about 40 miles west of Montgomery. </p><p>2. Violent EF4 tornado rips through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mississippi</span></a>, killing 17</p><p>On March 24, two dozen twisters touched down across the Southeast, including the deadliest and one of the year’s most violent tornadoes. The EF4 tornado ripped through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rolling</span></a> ForkMississippi, and claimed the lives of 17 people, including a couple killed by a large semi-truck that was tossed into their home. </p><p>3. The most notable tornado outbreak of the year</p><p>The most notable tornado outbreak of 2023 was the deadly and now historic outbreak that impacted large portions of the Midwest, South, and East U.S. on March 31 and April 1. The year's second and final EF4 tornado was one of 122 twisters reported across multiple states. AccuWeather's own storm tracker and meteorologist, Tony Laubach, captured incredible footage of one of the strongest tornadoes of the year when he intercepted the twister in southeast <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iowa</span></a> near the city of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ottumwa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ottumwa</span></a>. </p><p>4. Drought-busting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtmosphericRivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtmosphericRivers</span></a> unload record-breaking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snow</span></a></p><p>Coming into 2023, drought was a major concern for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> and other parts of the West. "This is a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/megadrought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>megadrought</span></a>," California Governor Gavin Newsom said. "Some scientists argue it's the most significant in 1200 years of human history." But it wouldn't be long until the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> was wiped out completely. </p><p>5. Smoke from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>'s worst-ever wildfire season blankets US cities</p><p>Canada experienced its worst wildfire season on record, obliterating all other years in terms of area burned. Over the course of the fire season, flames scorched an estimated 18.4 million hectares—an area roughly the size of North Dakota. According to NASA, on average, just 2.5 million hectares burn in Canada each year. </p><p>6. Deadliest US wildfire in more than a century sweeps through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maui</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a></p><p>The wildfire that ignited in Maui on August 8 was the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, killing at least 106 people and all but incinerating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lahaina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lahaina</span></a>, destroying every building in the town of 13,000. </p><p>7. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HurricaneIdalia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneIdalia</span></a> slams <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a>'s Nature Coast</p><p>The above-normal 2023 Atlantic hurricane season was characterized by record-warm <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlanticSeaSurfaceTemperatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlanticSeaSurfaceTemperatures</span></a> and a strong <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElNi%C3%B1o" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElNiño</span></a>. A total of 20 storms were named in 2023, along with a tropical depression and an unnamed subtropical storm. This ranks fourth for the most-named storms in a year since 1950 and the most on record during an El Niño-influenced season. Seven storms were hurricanes, three intensifying to major <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanes</span></a>. </p><p>8. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> stirs up rough surf, and dangerous rip currents along East Coast</p><p>Before making landfall in far western <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a>, Hurricane Lee caused dangerous surf and rip currents along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Lee claimed two victims, a 51-year-old man who was killed by a falling tree branch in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> and a teenager who drowned off the coast of Florida amid rough seas churned up by the hurricane. The monstrous storm cut power to more than 280,000 electric customers across Maine, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as it roared ashore. </p><p>9. The hottest year in recorded history</p><p>Six record-breaking months and two seasons – summer and autumn – were recorded in 2023, making it the hottest year ever recorded. </p><p>10. El Niño nears historic strength</p><p>The global weather phenomenon El Niño, in which surface waters are abnormally warm in the eastern tropical Pacific, was a major player in many of the top weather events in 2023. The major shift to El Niño following three years of La Niña, could evolve into one of the strongest El Niño events observed over the past 75 years, new data shows. </p><p><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/the-top-10-most-impactful-weather-events-of-2023/1603146" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/weather-new</span><span class="invisible">s/the-top-10-most-impactful-weather-events-of-2023/1603146</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWx</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USWeather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Weather2023" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weather2023</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeatherExtremes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeatherExtremes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a></p>
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Clare Harris 🍁<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@FiStitchWitch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FiStitchWitch</span></a></span> </p><p>Did Scotland get the tail end of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hurricanelee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanelee</span></a> that hit The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Maritimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maritimes</span></a> a few days ago?</p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>Safe, but no power<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/september-16-2023?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/heatherc</span><span class="invisible">oxrichardson/p/september-16-2023?r=63j6s&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a></p>
petersuber<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> knocked down this mature oak near my house yesterday. Could have crushed the house but luckily fell in a different direction. </p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a></p>
Harold Jarche<p>Good night and here is to a better morning <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a></p>
Philip Moscovitch<p>Ketzel does not care about <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a></p>
Sara FL Kirk<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@mountainwitch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mountainwitch</span></a></span> Oh no! We lost our power this morning but only for a couple of hours. Still very blowy in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HalifaxNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HalifaxNS</span></a> and lots of outages. Hope your power comes back soon! <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NSStorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSStorm</span></a></p>
Ellie Kennard has moved<p>I cut all the flowers I could that were open enough, knowing that they might all be ruined by the storm. They are so cheering on the windowsill against the dull day and storm outside. <br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/bloomScrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bloomScrolling</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/floralFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floralFriday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flowers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/dahlias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dahlias</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/dahlia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dahlia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/myGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>myGarden</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/GardeningMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GardeningMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EllieKPosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EllieKPosts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Lee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lee</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/hurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricaneLee</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a></p>
MountainWitch ⛤:flag_bisexual:<p>2 PM Nova Scotia time, my family in Lunenburg county says has been "fairly windy" for hours. Power out. Winds seem to be calming down now. No damage to their place. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSstorm</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a> looks wet, breezy, but nothing too crazy. People driving around in the post-tropical cyclone 🤷 <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/hurricane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricane</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/lee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lee</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> <a href="https://www.novascotiawebcams.com/webcams/barrington" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">novascotiawebcams.com/webcams/</span><span class="invisible">barrington</span></a></p>
gbhnews<p>Greetings <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> friends: </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> has transitioned to a post-tropical cyclone. Areas of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CapeCod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapeCod</span></a> are seeing wind gusts up to 35MPH and there's high surf all along the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> coast. </p><p>The eye of the storm is now close to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NovaScotia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovaScotia</span></a>. </p><p>I'll pass any updates throughout the day if there's more to tell. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mawx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mawx</span></a></p>
Philip Moscovitch<p>Well, here comes the howling wind portion of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/hurricanelee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanelee</span></a>.</p>
jeffluszcz<p>Last night’s Hurricane Lee Sunset was just spectacular <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cambridgema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cambridgema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boston</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hurricanelee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanelee</span></a></p>
mem_somerville<p>Oh, good, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Massachusetts</span></a> power outages map is under 1000 this morning. It's windy, but not pouring here. So that's a much better outcome than it could have been. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> </p><p><a href="http://mema.mapsonline.net/public.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">mema.mapsonline.net/public.htm</span><span class="invisible">l</span></a></p>
Global News Halifax<p>Lee bringing high winds, heavy rain as powerful storm hits Atlantic Canada<br>Thousands are already without power in the Maritimes, as the former Hurricane Lee moves into the region as a powerful post-tropical cyclone.<br><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/globalnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weather</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/HurricaneLeeCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLeeCanada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/tags/HurricaneLeeNB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLeeNB</span></a> <br><a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/9965695/hurricane-lee-nova-scotia-new-brunswick/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">globalnews.ca/news/9965695/hur</span><span class="invisible">ricane-lee-nova-scotia-new-brunswick/</span></a></p>
Nick Pilon<p>Power is back on again in our corner of Dartmouth though still flickering a bit. Sky has lightened up a lot. <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/nsstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsstorm</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/hurricanelee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanelee</span></a></p>
French Toast Alert<p>We could get up to an inch of rain here in the Greater French Toast Region, NWS says. Tropical-storm warning still in effect for <a href="https://better.boston/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boston</span></a><br><a href="https://better.boston/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> <a href="https://bostonfrenchtoast.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bostonfrenchtoast.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Rasta<p>The next two hours will decide if the ocean wants to stay out there , or creep into my garden and drown the watermelon? <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/HurricaneLee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HurricaneLee</span></a> </p><p>First light, I saw an empty bucket bouncing around. I have lots of buckets, Run Wild, Free Range Bucket!</p><p>Holding our own, no trees down, the apple tree is still tied up since Fiona, and not a root showing. </p><p>Meh! Another lost fishing day</p>
Nick Pilon<p>And we’re out. <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/nsstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsstorm</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/hurricanelee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanelee</span></a></p>
Nick Pilon<p>Morning after a blustery night thanks to <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/hurricanelee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanelee</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/nsstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsstorm</span></a> - here in Dartmouth we’ve still got power and lots and lots of wind.</p>
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