A new international climate report warns the world it had better get used to unusual weather extremes. That’s because global warming is making these disasters more severe. The world already is accustomed to weird weather like this past weekend’s freak …
Driving along the back roads of Bertie County, it’s hard sometimes to tell one disaster’s damage from another. That huge old tree, its limbs chopped and stacked after falling across a road, was definitely toppled by Hurricane Irene. But what …
A record 10 weather disasters in the U.S. have each caused at least $1 billion in damage: Hurricane Irene, Aug. 20-29. Damages and deaths are still being tallied, but estimates are running more than $7 billion and close to 50 …