Weather News Summer Of Disaster Extreme Weather Wreaks Havoc Worldwide As Climate Change Bears Down

UN pushes for worldwide disaster alerts as extreme weather ‘spirals’

Nearly half of all countries lack early-warning systems for extreme weather events, leaving millions – especially those in developing nations – vulnerable. As it released a new report on Monday, the ... Read More

Extreme weather shapes climate change perceptions worldwide

People who have lived through floods, heat waves, or other climate-related disasters are significantly more likely to view climate change as a very serious threat, according to new research from the ... Read More

Climate change is wreaking havoc on World Cultural Heritage sites, study finds

A recent study shows that 80% of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage sites are facing climate stress, with wood and stone constructions susceptible to a range of threats from extreme heat, humidity, ... Read More

Weather behind past heat waves could return far deadlier

The weather patterns that produced some of Europe's most extreme heat waves over the past three decades could prove far more lethal if they strike in today's hotter climate, pushing weekly deaths ... Read More

Trump ‘retired’ a database tracking the most expensive weather disasters. Now it’s back — and finding over $100B in losses

The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration “retired” in May, has relaunched outside of the government using the same methodology. In its first update at ... Read More

In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes on Pace to Break a Record

The Trump administration stopped updating a database tracking the costs of the country’s worst disasters. A group of scientists has revived it. By Scott Dance The Trump administration this year ... Read More

Exclusive: Europe plans service to gauge climate change role in extreme weather

The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves and extreme rain, and experts say this could help governments set climate policy, ... Read More

LA fires and 13 other disasters cost the US over $100 billion, estimates show

This year’s extreme weather disasters have wreaked so much destruction that they collectively eclipse the annual GDP of more than 100 countries and come close to New York City’s massive budget, the ... Read More