American Dams Weren’t Built for Today’s Climate-Charged Rain and Floods October 3, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis and Leslie Kaufman As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately familiar with a new norm in the...
Extreme Weather Sends Insured Losses 70% Above Historical Norms July 31, 2024 By Stephan Kahl Natural catastrophes caused about $62 billion of insured losses in the first half of 2024 — roughly 70% above the...
FEMA: SW Florida Stripped of Flood Insurance Discounts After ‘Improper Rebuilds’ April 3, 2024 After spiking premiums, nonrenewals and complaints about unpaid claims, more than 115,000 property owners in southwest Florida are now facing...
Hong Kong Schools and Stock Market are Closed as Typhoon Talim Sweeps Toward China July 18, 2023 By Kanis Leung HONG KONG (AP) — Schools and the stock market were closed in Hong Kong on Monday as Typhoon Talim sideswiped...
Record Monsoon Rains Have Killed More than 100 People in Northern India over Two Weeks July 14, 2023 By Ashok Sharma and Rishi Lekhi NEW DELHI (AP) — Schools and colleges were closed after record monsoon rains led to massive waterlogging, road caves-in, collapsed...
A Heat Wave Named Cerberus Has Southern Europe in its Jaws, and it`s Only Going to Get Worse July 14, 2023 By Derek Gatopoulos and Ciaran Giles ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Tourists in central Athens huddled under mist machines, and zoo animals in Madrid were fed fruit...
India, Pakistan Brace for Severe Cyclone, Deploy Rescuers to Coastal Regions June 13, 2023 By Sibi Arasu and Munir Ahmed BENGALURU, India (AP) — India and Pakistan braced for the first severe cyclone this year expected to hit their coastal...
Floods from Heavy Rainfall Kill at Least 129 in Rwanda May 4, 2023 By Ignatius Ssuuna KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) Torrential rains caused flooding in western and northern Rwanda, killing at least 129 people, a public broadcaster...
As Epic Snow Melts, a California Community Braces for Floods April 26, 2023 By Amy Taxin Ron Caetano is packed and ready to go. His family photos and valuables are in the trailer and he’s put...
Death Toll Climbs as Cyclone Freddy Slams Malawi, Mozambique March 14, 2023 By Vitus-Gregory Gondwe and Wanjohi Kabukuru BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP)- An unrelenting Cyclone Freddy that is currently battering southern Africa has killed at least 56 people in...