Katrina’s Legacy: Louisiana Fortifies Itself Against the Next Storm September 3, 2025 By Ezra Amacher When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southern Louisiana 20 years ago, the region was ill-prepared for the 125 mph winds...
Missouri’s 2025 Insured Losses From Severe Weather Approaching $2 Billion August 8, 2025 The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance reported that severe weather has already caused nearly $1.6 billion in damage throughout...
Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed August 6, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal A climate nonprofit is planning to revive a key federal database tracking billion-dollar weather disasters that the Trump administration formally...
Hong Kong Sets Rainfall Record, Hundreds of Flights Delayed or Canceled August 5, 2025 By Mary Hui, Sangmi Cha and Danny Lee Hong Kong set a rainfall record for August after violent storms lashed the city on Tuesday, leading to flight delays...
Shanghai Faces Deluge After Floods Kill at Least 30 in Beijing July 29, 2025 Shanghai is bracing for heavy rain from a tropical storm tracking toward China’s financial hub, a day after flooding killed...
Florida Meteorologist Predicts Where the Next Hurricane Will Hit, for a Price July 16, 2025 By William Rabb Colorado State University’s hurricane research team, perhaps the best-known and most-often quoted forecasting service, last week revised its prediction for...
Forecast Calls for Wildfires to Burn More Land Across U.S. This Year April 23, 2025 A Long-range forecast predicts wildfires will burn more land across the U.S. this year, with a potentially active spring in...
US Weather Service Merges Units as Staffing Pressure Rises March 31, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K. Sullivan The U.S. National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of...
Weather Experts Say US Forecasts to Worsen as DOGE Cuts Mean Fewer Balloon Launches March 25, 2025 By Seth Borenstein With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations,...
CoreLogic: 170K Properties Potentially Impacted by Mix of Severe Storms March 20, 2025 Roughly 170,000 properties were potentially impacted by the outbreak of severe storms across the Midwest and Mississippi Valley, in addition...