Counties Where Summer Heat Has Surged in the Last 50 Years
Temperatures in the U.S. peak during the meteorological summer, a period that runs from the beginning of June through…
Temperatures in the U.S. peak during the meteorological summer, a period that runs from the beginning of June through…
Earliest Hurricanes In History Hurricane season starts on June 1 and runs through November 30. The odds that a…
Of all severe weather conditions reported in the United States, heat is by far the deadliest. According to the…
About a year ago, plumes of westward dust blown in from the Sahara Desert caused hazy skies and degradations…
As part of its efforts to support disaster preparedness and risk reduction, FEMA quantifies risk of natural hazards like…
In the wake of the Central Texas floods last year, state and federal government agencies were being scrutinized for…
Fossil fuels, like coal and oil, have been widely used around the world for well over a century, emitting…
High-temperatures are nothing new in the summer months – particularly in the South, which is home to many of…
May is the last full month of both the spring season in the United States – a period when…
While 2025 was a relatively quiet hurricane season, severe weather has been on the rise in recent years. The…
A warming climate means longer allergy seasons. As temperatures below freezing become a rarer occurrence and global ice cover…
Experts have linked the size and strength of last year’s Hurricane Erin, which was in the 90th percentile of…
April is a month of transition in the United States, a period when temperatures steadily rise as the first…
As climate change intensifies, back-to-back hurricanes like Imelda and Humberto may become more common. In a paper published in…
There were 1,557 tornadoes last year, above the 10-year average of 1,225, according to the Center for Homeland Defense…
Of all severe weather events in the United States, the most obvious risks to life and property are often…
After decades of research, a rise in highly educated scientists, and evolving efforts to predict dangerous storms, the batting…
Around the world, temperatures have been steadily rising for decades and the trend appears to be accelerating in the…
For several years, homes have collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean. Over two dozen have toppled into the Atlantic along…
Since 1970, average temperatures across America’s cities have risen by 2.8 to 2.9 degrees — a trend driven by…
Extreme weather causes tens of billions of dollars of damage each year in the United States. From wildfires and…