New data shows extreme weather events in 2025 so far are the costliest on record.
It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, the costliest fire outbreak in US history ‒ helped push the nation's ...
Charred homes and burnt cars are pictured amid the rubble of the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 13, 2025. Credit - Agustin Paullier—Getty Images ...
Filling in for missing federal data, a new public database shows billion-dollar weather and climate disasters on the rise. Filling in for missing federal data, a new public database shows ...
In 2021, there were 20 separate billion-dollar weather and climate change disasters, according to a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released Monday. Those 20 disasters ...
Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.) aims to introduce legislation this fall that would establish an agency to investigate deadly weather events. Eric Sorensen has felt for years that the country could better ...
Experts warn that after 23 billion-dollar weather disasters killed 276 people and caused $115B in damage in 2025, the U.S. could face even worse risks in 2026. In 2025, 23 billion-dollar weather ...
Climate change-driven weather disasters like hurricanes, wildfires and floods pose an immediate threat to the U.S. drug supply chain, a new study says. Nearly two-thirds of all U.S. pharmaceutical ...
Researchers found 6819 active facilities (62.8%) were located in counties where a disaster was declared. HealthDay News — More than 60% of drug production facilities were located in US counties with ...