Chicago Flooding is Stark Reminder of Vulnerability of Major Cities During Extreme Weather July 5, 2023 By Todd Richmond and Olga R. Rodriguez Heavy rains that flooded Chicago neighborhoods, rendered freeways impassable and wreaked havoc on NASCAR street races downtown Sunday are serving...
Climate Change and Homeowners’ Insurance Are on a Collision Course June 9, 2023 By Leslie Kaufman A summer that has already seen water crises and wildfire smoke is rapidly becoming an inflection point in the pitched...
UN Agency: 2M Killed, $4.3 Trillion in Damages from Extreme Weather May 23, 2023 GENEVA (AP) – The economic damage of weather- and climate-related disasters continues to rise, even as improvements in early warning...
Extreme Weather is Nearly Universal Experience: AP-NORC poll April 25, 2023 By Hannah Fingerhut WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather...
Rare Big Tornado Near Myanmar Capital Kills 8 April 24, 2023 BANGKOK (AP) – A tornado that tore through two villages in central Myanmar near the capital Naypyitaw killed eight people...
California Sees Extensive Storm Damage as Weather Calms January 19, 2023 By John Antczak and Christopher Weber LOS ANGELES (AP) — Key roadways remained closed and officials estimated thousand of homes were seriously damaged in California as...
Environment Risks Dominate in “Polycrisis” World – WEF Survey January 11, 2023 By Mark John Failure to tackle climate change and environmental degradation dominate the ranking of top risks facing the planet in the next...
New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ to $268 Billion December 13, 2022 By Seth Borenstein This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes...
Study: Four Major Tipping Points Close to Triggering Hotter Temps September 15, 2022 By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Even if the world somehow manages to limit future warming to the strictest international temperature goal, four Earth-changing climate “tipping...
Decade Old Climate Report Warned of Extreme Weather September 14, 2022 By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Record high temperatures in urban Europe as heat waves bake the planet more often. Devastating floods, some in poorer unprepared...