The U.S. Weather Prediction Center opened its winter forecast desk Tuesday. Wait, isn’t it still summer? Yes. The calendar doesn’t usher in the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn until Sept. 23, with winter arriving on Dec. 22. Snow, however, doesn’t always come …
El Nino will peak around the end of the year as warming sea temperatures in the Pacific Ocean may exceed those seen during the record event almost two decades ago. Recent oceanic and atmospheric indicators are at levels not seen …
The day during the Atlantic hurricane season when a tropical storm or worse is most likely to be swirling around the basin may come and go with a whimper. The best the Atlantic probably will come up with by Thursday, …
A new report reveals that as a result of severe drought conditions in the western U.S. total economic losses are expected to reach $3 billion – mostly attributable to agricultural damage in California. Several Caribbean and Central American nations issued …
While 52 percent of small business owners say it would take at least three months to recover from a disaster more than 75 percent don’t have a disaster plan, according to a newly released survey by Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance. Nationwide …
With an El Nino growing in the Pacific Ocean and climate change spurring global temperatures ever higher, almost nothing can stop Earth from breaking 2014’s mark for the warmest year on record. The average annual temperature last year was about …
In California, they’re counting on it to end an historic drought; in Peru, they’ve already declared a pre-emptive emergency to prepare for devastating flooding. It’s both an economic stimulus and a recession-maker. And it’s likely to increase the price of …
The death toll from natural disasters such as earthquakes, storms and heatwaves rose sharply worldwide in the first six months of 2015, the world’s largest reinsurance company Munich Re said on Tuesday. However, the economic cost of such events dropped …
The Pacific Ocean’s weather-changing El Nino will probably last into 2016 and be stronger than previously forecast, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center says. El Nino, a warming of the equatorial Pacific, has a 90 percent chance of lasting into next …
While hurricane activity for the Atlantic Basin is projected to be below average for the 2015 season, impactful landfalls can occur in any hurricane season even those of reduced activity, according to Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, a global risk …