- Currently República Dominicana
- Posts
- Currently en República Dominicana — 20 de julio, 2023: Extensa nube de polvo del Sahara llegará a República Dominicana
Currently en República Dominicana — 20 de julio, 2023: Extensa nube de polvo del Sahara llegará a República Dominicana
El tiempo, currently.
Extensa nube de polvo del Sahara llegará a República Dominicana
La onda tropical número 21, que ha provocado precipitaciones en gran parte del país, empezará a alejarse en las próximas 24 horas por lo que disminuirán las precipitaciones en República Dominicana.
Para este miércoles se espera la llegada de una extensa y densa nube de polvo sahariano la cual incrementará la sensación térmica en todo el territorio nacional y los procesos alérgicos hasta la próxima semana.
Estas partículas africanas se quedarán durante 5 a 7 días incidiendo en la región del Caribe.
Mientras que la Tormenta Tropical Don avanza en el Atlántico norte sin representar peligro para nuestra zona de pronóstico debido a su distancia.
— Jean Suriel
What you can do, currently.
The climate emergency doesn’t take the summer off. In fact — as we’ve been reporting — we’re heading into an El Niño that could challenge historical records and is already supercharging weather and climate impacts around the world.
When people understand the weather they are experiencing is caused by climate change it creates a more compelling call to action to do something about it.
If these emails mean something important to you — and more importantly, if the idea of being part of a community that’s building a weather service for the climate emergency means something important to you — please chip in just $5 a month to continue making this service possible.
Thank you!!
What you need to know, currently.
A strong tornado hit Rocky Mount, North Carolina on Wednesday, damaging a Pfizer medicine plant — a worrying reminder of the overlap between the climate crisis and public health.
A Pfizer spokesperson told the AP that no employees were hurt during the storm, although the estimate is 50,000 pallets of medicine were damaged or destroyed. The damaged factory was “one of the largest sterile injectable facilities in the world,” according to Pfizer, making about 25% of injectable drugs used in U.S. hospitals every year.
NEW: Video shows the EF-3 tornado that hit Rocky Mount this afternoon.
This was shot at the Pfizer plant, where 50,000 pallets of medicine were damaged by the storm today.
@WRAL
— Keenan Willard (@KeenanWRAL)
11:45 PM • Jul 19, 2023
There’s growing evidence in recent years that tornado alley has been shifting eastward in recent decades, away from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, and towards more populated areas like Tennessee, George, and the Carolinas. The change is significant, too, with the bullseye of tornado frequency shifting about 500 miles eastward from near Oklahoma City to near Nashville.
The reasons for this aren’t well-known, but climate change seems to be playing a role with dryer weather in the West and higher-moisture air in the Gulf of Mexico. The work of Stephen Strader shows that, when taking into account the historical reasons why the South has the highest poverty rates in the country, this is another example of climate change creating worse outcomes for the most vulnerable members of society.