Scientists say a record-smashing March heat wave in the U.S. Southwest shows climate change is already driving more dangerous ...

Climate change is making extreme weather events and natural hazards more frequent and intense. Here’s how to prepare before ...

Two reports raise concerns that natural disasters or extreme weather could lead to release of toxic contaminants.

Last year was the third-highest year on record for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, according to new data from Climate Central. There were 23 such events in 2025, causing 276 fatalities ...

a damaged Florida home amidst debris after a hurricane - Chuyn/Getty Images One of the earliest known examples of humans documenting extreme climate events goes back about 3,500 years to the Bronze ...

Flood and drought are two faces of the same broken climate system, and Kenya is bearing both at once. In the case of Kenya, where I have conducted research on climate related disasters and the ...

Through home and community-based services waivers (HCBS), some 7 million Medicaid recipients now receive support that lets them stay in their communities. But after years of neglect under both parties ...

Extreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next ...

Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than ...

So-called hundred-year floods are hitting West Virginia one after another, with barely enough time to recover before the next ...

Minnesotans could face some of the nation’s costliest home insurance premiums by the end of the year, largely due to increasingly common damage from thunderstorms, hail and other extreme weather ...

Charred homes and burnt cars are pictured amid the rubble of the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 13, 2025. Credit - Agustin Paullier—Getty Images ...