Earth Keeps on Warming Without El Nino January 23, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN Earth last year wasn’t quite as hot as 2016’s record-shattering mark, but it ranked second or third, depending on who...
North America Pounded by Disasters in 2017 January 3, 2018 By SETH BORENSTEIN North America couldn’t catch a break in 2017. Parts of the United States were on fire, underwater or lashed by...
LexisNexis: Catastrophe Claims Rise as Losses Decline September 27, 2017 In 2016, Colorado and Texas homeowners suffered the greatest percentage of catastrophic losses due to extreme weather and other perils,...
Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast Raised Again August 8, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Researchers again boosted the number of storms the Atlantic may produce before the hurricane season ends as a missing Pacific...
Severe Storms Dominate First Half of 2017, Cause $41B in Large Losses July 26, 2017 A series of hailstorms and tornadoes in the U.S. dominated the natural catastrophe statistics in the first half of 2017,...
El Nino Not Likely, Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Looms June 8, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan Forecasters again lowered the odds of El Nino forming by year’s end, a scenario that may mean more Atlantic hurricanes...
Above Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted This Year June 1, 2017 Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center say the Atlantic could see another above-normal hurricane season this year. For the upcoming...
Summer Weather Prediction up in the Air as La Nina Ends February 9, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan With the end of a Pacific La Nina and no clear signal of where ocean temperatures are heading, predicting spring...
Earth Sets Heat Record 3 Years in a Row January 19, 2017 Earth sizzled to a third-straight record hot year in 2016, government scientists said Wednesday. They mostly blame man-made global warming...
New Year Brings Frigid Weather January 3, 2017 By Brian K. Sullivan A deep freeze is about to descend on North America, Europe and Asia thanks to record high temperatures across the...