Globally, natural disasters caused overall losses of around $131 billion in the first half of 2025. This is slightly lower than the $155 billion in losses from first half of 2024, but higher than ...

UPDATED: July 27, 2023 at 9:16 AM PDT SHASTA COUNTY – An evacuation warning was lifted Tuesday as firefighters continued to battle the Wonder Fire just south of Shasta Lake, according to Cal Fire.

The United States has suffered 23 billion-dollar disasters so far in 2023, a record for this point in the year that highlights the country’s struggle to adapt to the effects of climate change.

The tragic deaths of a woman and a 12-year-old boy in Oklahoma flooding over the weekend are just the latest chapter in a relentless series of weather-related disasters that have marked 2025 as a ...

Chen says this new study—which looked at many disasters over several years — shows that the human costs of extreme weather are drastically undercounted.

The costliest year for weather disasters was 2017, with around $383.7 billion in damages, according to NOAA. The U.S. was rocked that year by hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma, totaling about $328 ...

FEMA’s Risk Index ranks every U.S. county by disaster risk, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Here’s what it reveals—and how to use it.

After a few frightening incidents seeing family and friends collapse in Phoenix's grueling heat, Ashton Dolce, 17, began to ...