Cascading Extreme Weather Events Unleash Billions in Damages Globally March 10, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan, Mary Hui and Joe Wertz First came a dry spell that parched the land, then a spark, followed by some wind. Suddenly, swaths of South...
Critical Fire Conditions to Grip Texas’ Oil-Rich Permian Basin March 3, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Critical to extreme fire conditions are expected to affect more than 2.7 million people across the Southwest, lower Great Plains...
Winter Chill Gripping Central US Breaks Temperature Records February 20, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan and Naureen S. Malik Intense cold will grip the central and southern US for at least another day, sending temperatures to all-time lows in...
Record-Breaking Cold to Slam Central US and Test Texas Grid February 19, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan and Naureen S. Malik Winter storms and record-breaking cold will descend on the central and southern US this week, snarling transportation and putting the...
Los Angeles Sees Mudslides With Heavy Rains February 14, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides in Los Angeles late Thursday and early Friday, as authorities ordered evacuations and warned...
California Faces Mudslide Threat From Flooding Rains After Wildfires February 4, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Weeks after wildfires that killed at least 29 people and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Southern California is facing another extreme-weather threat:...
California Storm Raises Mudslide Risk, Closes Interstate January 27, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Southern California will clock a few more tense hours as showers continue to soak the burn-scarred landscape around Los Angeles....
New Wildfires Erupt in California, Forcing Thousands to Evacuate January 23, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Two new wildfires that erupted in Southern California are spreading quickly over dry hillsides and forcing evacuations, stoking new fears...
Worst Snowstorm in 130 Years Plunges US South Into Frigid Chaos January 23, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Across the US South, extreme weather usually means boarding up windows against hurricane winds and lining streets with sandbags to...
Rare Snow Imperils Texas Gas Exports, Shuts Louisiana Roads January 22, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan, Naureen S. Malik and Ruth Liao A historic winter storm threatened natural gas shipments from one the biggest US export plants while heavy snow shut schools...