The amount of damage caused by billion-dollar disasters reached an unprecedented amount in 2024, and the total cost of the destruction is still growing, according to the National Oceanic and ...

Hurricane Laura made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm and damaged infrastructure, homes and businesses Louisiana as seen on Aug. 29, 2020. (Dominick Del Vecchio/FEMA) NOAA’s National Centers ...

It has been, once again, a warm year. That’s pretty much the state of things from here on out, of course — but the details of that warmth, its impacts, and how we humans are trying or failing to ...

2024 year-ender: Ever wondered what is the economic cost of extreme weather events? Well, the ten worst climate disasters resulted in an estimated damage of over $228 billion in the world in 2024, a ...

Last year was one of the worst years for U.S. natural disasters, according to researchers, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) future remains uncertain. Major disaster declarations, ...

California’s blazing wildfires and last year’s destructive hurricanes in the Southeast are frightening examples of the dramatic impacts of climate change. Illinoisans might feel relatively safe from ...

AFBF has calculated crop and rangeland damage estimates since 2021 to provide a window into the impacts of natural disasters on domestic food production. This Market Intel updates total crop loss ...

Scientists and emergency managers are trying to learn from disasters past. The amount of damage caused by billion-dollar disasters reached an unprecedented amount in 2024, and the total cost of the ...