With ongoing climate warming and increasing population in areas with low resiliency and high socioeconomic exposure, the potential for more severe events is concerning as disasters are a product of event intensity, exposure, vulnerability, and adaptative capacity. Importantly, climate change may surprise us with unprecedented events resulting from novel combinations of multiple hazards, for instance, hazards from tropical cyclone—deadly heat compound hazards have emerged in the last decades (Matthews et al. 2019). Weather events can be unprecedented across multiple dimensions (e.g., intensity, spatial extent, and occurrence of antecedent conditions), all of which have significantly different implications for preparedness (Heinrich et al. 2024). Uncharted horizons At the complex interface between climate science and policymaking, the interpretation and application of climate data play a critical role in shaping effective responses to climate change.