The background is a photo taken on September 29, 2024, two days after Hurricane Helene; the image shows the receding Swannanoa River along Highway 70 in Asheville, North Carolina. Overlaid text on the photo reads, “State of the Climate in 2024. Special Supplement to the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 106, No. 8, August 2025”.
Photo credit: Deborah J. Misch, former Graphics team member for the BAMS State of the Climate.
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