Storm Pounds California, Nevada With Rain, Wind and Snow January 29, 2021 By John Antczak and Olga R. Rodriguez SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful storm packing heavy rain, snow and wind pounded parts of California and western Nevada...
Foot of Snow Blankets Parts of Midwest, Disrupts Travel January 27, 2021 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow on parts of Nebraska and...
California Winds Easing After Sparking Fires, Power Outages January 22, 2021 LOS ANGELES (AP) — A windstorm that fanned brushfires, toppled trees and left thousands of Californians without power focused its...
Hot Again: 2020 Sets Yet Another Global Temperature Record January 15, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Earth’s rising fever hit or neared record hot temperature levels in 2020, global weather groups reported Thursday. While NASA and...
Environmentalists Move Toward Lawsuit Over Fuel Break Plan January 15, 2021 By Scott Sonner RENO, Nev. (AP) — Environmentalists have filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S government to block plans to...
Viewpoint: Environmental Debt Risk Is Bigger Than Japan’s GDP January 6, 2021 By Tim Quinson The financial risk posed to companies by natural disasters keep growing and growing, and the size of potential losses is...
PG&E Judge Proposes Stricter Probation After Wildfires December 30, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak The judge overseeing PG&E Corp.’s criminal probation is looking to tighten the leash on the utility by requiring it to...
Natural Disasters Cost Insurance Industry $76B in 2020 – Swiss Re December 16, 2020 ZURICH, Dec 15 — Natural disasters like wildfires which devastated parts of the United States and a record number of...
Wildfires Receding Give Globe Rare Bit of Positive Climate Data December 14, 2020 By Jonathan Tirone The dystopian images of wildfires ravaging vast swathes of woodland around the globe belie a rare positive signal for the...
The Stormy, Fiery Year When Climate Disasters Wouldn’t Stop December 11, 2020 By Seth Borenstein Nature struck relentlessly in 2020 with record-breaking and deadly weather- and climate-related disasters. With the most named storms in the...