Currently in NYC — November 23rd, 2022
The weather, currently.
The holidays can be stressful but at least the weather won’t be! Wednesday is looking spectacularly sunny. You’ll struggle to find a cloud in the sky (like you may struggle to find an open seat on a train or a google map that isn’t red.) If you’re staying in the city, it will be a great day to watch the balloons get inflated for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Our high hits 54°F with light winds. The winds won’t be an issue for the balloons on Thursday, either! I’m thankful for all of you and I wish you a happy and peaceful holiday.
Bike Forecast:
9 out of 10
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What you need to know, currently.
Climate change made the deadly rains and floods that killed hundreds of people in both Nigeria and Niger from June to October 2022 80 times more likely, according to a recent study.
The study from the World Weather Attribution, or WWA, also concluded that the year’s seasonal rainfall in the Lake Chad and Niger Basins, was 20 percent wetter due to effects of climate change. This is significant because Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, which all have territories within either of the two basins, were most impacted by the flooding.
The study found that the extreme rainfall wouldn’t have been as likely without human-caused climate change and warning. Unfortunately now, rain like this is likely to occur once every 10 years.
With at least 612 and 195 fatalities in Nigeria and Niger, respectively, the floods were among the deadliest in the countries’ histories. Several hundreds of thousands of hectares of land were decimated, causing damage to over 300,000 homes and over half a million hectares of farmland as well. In September, Chad experienced its heaviest seasonal rainfall in over 30 years. Thousands of residents were forced to flee their now flooded homes.
And though wealthy countries agreed to pay climate reparations to those at the frontlines of the climate crisis at this year’s climate summit, this report just adds further evidence that less-industrialized nations bear the brunt of the damage caused by their richer counterparts.
—Aarohi Sheth
What you can do, currently.
