Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely in recent years, and the trend is expected to continue. These events have led to human and ...

WASHINGTON ― There is an urgent need to reimagine disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery strategies in the U.S., as intensifying climate and weather hazards cause successive and compounding ...

TWO DOZEN OTHER TRADE PARTNERS. WELL, NEW AT SIX. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION WILL NO LONGER TRACK THE COST OF EXTREME WEATHER DISASTERS. THE FEDERAL AGENCY SAYS IT IS RETIRING ...

How do extreme weather events and disasters affect communities long term? Solomon Hsiang discusses the impacts on economic growth and health, and how research can improve emergency management and ...

There have been 27 major disaster declarations issued by President Trump so far in 2025. The disasters range in size and scope, from the L.A. wildfires to Midwest tornadoes and the Texas flooding as ...

Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. In July 2022, at least 40 people died and 300 homes were damaged when the eastern Kentucky county flooded. It was the ...

This consensus study will examine the impacts of multiple, compounding disasters that occurred across the Gulf region from 2020-2021 and provide findings on what factors enabled or could enable ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to ...

a damaged Florida home amidst debris after a hurricane - Chuyn/Getty Images One of the earliest known examples of humans documenting extreme climate events goes back about 3,500 years to the Bronze ...

No matter where you live, extreme weather can hit your area and change your life. Whether it’s a hurricane, winter storm, flash flood, tornado, wildfire, or heat wave, disasters can damage or destroy ...