After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Hurricane Helene were eerily accurate. Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in.
Researchers used historical records, observational data and climate models to estimate impact of warmer climate.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee requested a major disaster declaration on April 17.
As one of the regions most affected by the global climate crisis, local scientists are struggling with canceled research grants and funding cuts from federal agencies.
Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no federal agency prepared to quickly send supplies, financial aid and temporary housing assistance.
You know when the winter country has arrived in Kansas because the sky at midday is a shade of blue that throbs with light but no warmth. The shameless trees are studded with diamonds that flare in…
“We thought we were going to die there. We didn’t think anybody was going to come back for us.”
White House Homeland Security Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall said Monday during a press briefing there are 600 people unaccounted for following Hurricane Helene, as federal officials mount a…
Hurricane Helene slammed into the Florida coast Thursday night as a powerful and potentially catastrophic Category 4 storm, unleashing chaos across a large stretch of the Gulf Coast with high winds, storm surges, and torrential rainfall.
Exceptionally wet winters drove a boom of grasses and shrubs that a record hot summer dried into the fuel powering the Park Fire in Northern California, the Line Fire outside Los Angeles and other…
There is quite a bit of research on the politics of disasters and how extreme weather shapes voter behavior. We’ve cited some of it in this newsletter.
Scientists say that over the last 30 years in the Northeast, they have seen more tornadoes, and there have been more favorable environments for tornadoes.
This organization helps young people heal through outdoor experiences. It's working in the Texas heat wave and learning to cope with the extreme weather.
Uncovered storm drains were responsible for at least three dozen deaths across the country in a six-year span. A new federal rule aims to keep people from being pulled into storm drains.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDOuQdGyuyI Texas Governor Greg Abbott leaves residents of his own state out to dry during Hurricane Beryl and continued to be out of state to go to RNC activities, while not tackling natural disaster consequences as millions of people were left without power in…
Officials said partnerships will be key to recovering from severe weather that caused widespread damage Sunday morning and killed eight people in north Arkansas.
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