Worst Fire Conditions in a Decade Put Kansas to West Texas at Risk April 12, 2022 By Brian K. Sullivan Some of the worst fire conditions in a decade are going to sweep across Texas and the southern Great Plains,...
Storms Batter Aging Power Grid as Climate Disasters Spread April 7, 2022 Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs...
Deadly Extreme Weather Year For US as Carbon Emissions Soar January 12, 2022 By Seth Borenstein The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021,...
Washington State Sees More Flooding, Next Storm Approaches December 1, 2021 BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Localized flooding in Washington state from another in a series of rainstorms doesn’t appear to be...
Summer Storms Were a Climate-Change Wake-Up Call For Subways October 8, 2021 By Philip Marcelo and David Porter NEW YORK (AP) — When the remnants of Hurricane Ida dumped record-breaking rain on the East Coast this month, staircases...
Lawmakers: Ida Damage Shows Need for Infrastructure Upgrades September 7, 2021 By Matthew Daly and Hope Yen WASHINGTON (AP) — Shaken by haunting images of surging rivers, flooded roads and subways and other damage caused by the...
Extreme Weather Sounds Alarm For Under-Insured China August 13, 2021 BEIJING — Devastating summer floods in the populous province of Henan in central China are a wake-up call for local...
Greek Wildfires: Multinational Force Fights to Tame Flareups August 12, 2021 PEFKI, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters from across Europe and the Middle East worked alongside Greek colleagues in rugged...
Texas Power Demand to Hit 2021 High During Another Heatwave August 12, 2021 The Texas power grid operator forecast demand would reach its highest in 2021 on Wednesday and Thursday as homes and...
This Year’s Summer of Climate Extremes Hits Wealthier Places August 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein and Frank Jordans As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021’s onslaught is hitting harder...