The president of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu appealed to a U.N. disaster conference Saturday for help as a powerful cyclone swept across his archipelago, driving painfully home the rising risks from extreme weather and climate change. “I am …
Over the past years, persistent extreme weather conditions have triggered severe natural catastrophes and caused losses in the billions. There is a growing number of scientific studies that suggest an increase in quasi-stationary weather patterns and their correlation with the …
The Michigan appeals court has ruled in favor of Ann Arbor and dismissed a lawsuit that tested the responsibility of local governments during severe flooding. The court overturned a decision by a Washtenaw County judge, saying it could have created …
Of the 1,000-plus Americans surveyed, 83 percent believe that climate change is occurring. 63 percent are concerned about changes in the frequency and intensity of natural disasters, such as floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. From a regional perspective, Americans living in …
Churning, angry cloudscapes tinged with green and purple; panoramic long exposures crackling with streaks of lightning; it was the pictures that first caught David Patterson’s eye. He found himself noticing storm photos in a friend’s online gallery about three years …
The National Hurricane Museum and Science Center has formed an advisory panel of educators, scientists and policy-makers to help create a curriculum for middle school children. The American Press reported the curriculum will center on extreme weather and coastal preservation. …
Jerry Kenyon said he became a storm spotter as an extension of his amateur radio hobby. Like about 450 other volunteers with the National Weather Service around Central Oregon, he is ready to report what he sees when severe weather …
Members of New Mexico’s congressional delegation are asking President Barack Obama to take action on the state’s request for a major disaster declaration due to summer flooding. Severe storms in late July and early August resulted in flooding that damaged …
Scientists looking at 16 cases of wild weather around the world last year see the fingerprints of man-made global warming on more than half of them. Researchers found that climate change increased the odds of nine extremes: Heat waves in …
New York state agencies are required to consider the future likelihood of extreme weather in their decisions on public works projects, industrial and commercial permits and regulations, according to a new law signed Monday. For New York, those calculations include …