Because reporting practices and requirements vary so much, extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery. There are ...

On Jan. 5, 2025, at about 2:35 in the afternoon, the first severe hailstorm of the season dropped quarter-size hail in ...

Immediate recovery efforts receive the most attention after severe natural disasters, yet new data from researchers at Drexel University and the University of Maryland suggests these climate events ...

The impact phase begins when disaster strikes. It may be brief, as in an earthquake, though with aftershocks, or prolonged, ...

The number of natural disasters that cost over a billion dollars has increased more than sixfold since 1980. The chart above uses available NOAA data to show a meteoric rise in catastrophic events, ...

The chart above uses available NOAA data to show a meteoric rise in catastrophic events, largely due to severe storms like ...

“Natural disasters happen everywhere ... has been hit with many hurricanes and “frustration levels are off the chart” because FEMA payments lag for years while cities and states pay ...

Every first responder in America knows how critical it is to have the ability to forecast a storm, chart its trajectory ... A sign is seen outside the FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at the Fairview ...

Texas, Georgia and Illinois are the three worst states for natural disasters. Hawaii, Alaska and Maine are the three states with the fewest natural disasters. Natural disaster frequency and ...

These new datasets are comprised of maps, graphs and an introductory narrative ... how future climate change factors could intensify natural disasters. The Trump administration has put those ...

The cost of natural disasters to communities in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie is set to skyrocket by almost 200% by 2060 as the two cities grow and extreme weather events become more frequent. NSW ...