Steve MacLaughlin
Meteorologist and Climate Change Reporter at WTVJ-TV (Miami, FL)
6x Emmy-Winning, Climate-Focused Meteorologist. NBC Miami.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcmiami.com | Steve MacLaughlin
Damage was reported Friday as storms brought strong winds and hail in South Florida on Friday. At North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines, images show an aircraft flipped on its side and onto a fuel truck. Images from viewers, also in Pembroke Pines, showed downed trees and fences. Police have reported that several electrical wires were also downed and power was temporarily disrupted at some homes. Videos from Only in Dade showed the storms brought powerful hail to the area.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcmiami.com | Steve MacLaughlin
A cold front's approach triggered some strong storms on Thursday and will do the same on Friday. Friday's storm chances look to begin earlier than Thursday's, as early as noon, but peak mid-afternoon. Miami-Dade and Broward counties will take the brunt of the action with isolated severe storms; wind and hail are the concerns, along with isolated flooding. So the rain might be widespread for a few hours, but the severe and flooding threats are isolated.
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1 month ago |
nbcmiami.com | Steve MacLaughlin |Llarisa Abreu
Climate change has made South Florida's rainy, heat and hurricane seasons all much more dangerous. When it comes to rain, we are seeing more and more frequent intense rainfalls; a larger amount of rain in a shorter period of time. In 2023, several 6" rain events plus a lot of smaller events added up to a record-shattering 113.61" in Fort Lauderdale. The biggest event was on April 12th, 2023, when we saw two feet of rain.
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2 months ago |
nbcmiami.com | Steve MacLaughlin
Back in 2021 and 2022, a group of European researchers talked to nearly 130,000 people in 125 countries, including the United States to get their views on climate change. Of those surveyed, 69 percent said they were willing to contribute 1 percent of their income to fight global warming, 86 percent said they want others in their country to fight global warming and 89 percent said their governments should be doing more.
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2 months ago |
nbcmiami.com | Steve MacLaughlin
Earth has just experienced its hottest year on record, and "global warming" leads to all the different types of climate change around the world. South Florida is no doubt ground zero because our three big weather seasons - rainy, heat and hurricane, which can all overlap - are all made worse because of the hotter planet. We can say this with 100% certainty. This week is Miami Climate Week.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 4:45pm over Cutler, Richmond West, and north of Leisure City. @nbc6 #nbc6 https://t.co/MN5Z52SZyI
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 2:30PM for Miami, Kendall and Coral Gables. Expect 60mph gusts, quarter-sized hail and downpours over the next half hour. https://t.co/PzO4v7ANUI
A new FLASH FLOOD WARNING has been issued until 8pm in Miami-Dade County near Kendall, where life and/or property-threatening flooding is happening right now. @nbc6 #nbc6 #miamiweather https://t.co/cITIrxaWO3
