The potential for serious flash flooding has been underestimated by FEMA, and more properties than we thought across the Northland are vulnerable to increasingly heavy rain
There is no such thing as "safe sunshine" and data shows it only takes a few cases of blistering sunburn to dramatically increase your risk of skin cancer.
Residents of the Northland are much more acclimated to extreme cold than extreme heat, but NOAA's data set shows that it's the heat we should be more worried about.
The region is experiencing dryer than normal conditions. This causes problems with agriculture and fire danger, but it also could cause problems with your home.
The El Nino pattern currently underway may quickly become a Super El Nino, keeping the Northland warmer and drier into next winter, with frequent outbreaks of "weather weirding".
Weather extremes are trending more extreme over time, and current wildfires and smoke can be traced back to a statistically rare heatwave over Canada last month.