Snowstorms Aim for U.S. East, and Cold Stretches Clear to Texas February 11, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan A parade of snowstorms is threatening to roll through the Eastern U.S. over the next few days while bitter cold...
Storms that Slammed Central America In 2020 Just a Preview, Experts Say December 8, 2020 By Sarah Marsh and Sofia Menchu HAVANA/GUATEMALA CITY — Villagers in Guatemala’s Mayan hillside hamlet Sanimtaca had been about to harvest their cardamom crops that take...
Hurricane Sally Weakens as it Nears Mississippi River September 15, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Sally has weakened as it approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, with hurricane warnings being replaced by tropical storm alerts...
Forecast Storms Bring Both Relief and New Risks for Fire-stricken Australia January 15, 2020 By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE — Severe storms are expected to bring some relief in the coming days from huge bushfires scorching Australia but...
Dallas County Tornadoes Caused $2 Billion in Damage, Insurance Council Says October 25, 2019 DALLAS — An insurance industry group says the nine tornadoes that struck the Dallas area during a Sunday night outbreak...
Hurricane Recovery in U.S. Virgin Islands Lags Puerto Rico’s October 3, 2019 By Alex Tanzi Puerto Rico’s economy has shown considerable signs of improvement after the hit form hurricanes Irma and Maria two years ago,...
Commission Says Humanity to Pay Massive Cost for Not Adapting to Climate Change September 11, 2019 By Eric Roston Slowing the planetary march toward climate catastrophe—and the multitrillion-dollar investment required to do it—has become a central issue of global...
Hail Storms Are Getting More Expensive, and No One Is Sure Why June 17, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan In 2008, the year the stock market crashed and Barack Obama won the presidency, the U.S. was hit with a...
D.C. Is First to Plan to Remove, Retrofit Flood-Prone Buildings April 30, 2019 By Christopher Flavelle Washington is announcing a goal of retrofitting or removing all of its flood-prone buildings by 2050, the first major U.S....
Strong January Storms Stir Destruction From Coast-to-Coast January 27, 2017 From California to the Deep South to the Northeast, millions of Americans were contending with death and destruction from damaging...