UK’s Extremely Dry Start to Year Raises Crop and Wildfire Risks April 24, 2025 By Joe Wertz The UK’s driest start to the year in four decades is threatening the country’s grain crops and increasing the risk...
Europe’s Hottest Year Turbocharged Extreme Weather Across Region April 15, 2025 By Joe Wertz Europe experienced the hottest year on record in 2024, as climate change combined with a strong El Niño to generate...
Spain Braces for More Downpours After Floods Kill Three People March 20, 2025 By Laura Millan and Joe Wertz Spain is bracing for another round of torrential rains after flooding forced home evacuations, washed away cars and killed at...
Europe’s Winter Storms Will Get Worse as Emissions Rise, Study Says March 14, 2025 By Joe Wertz Global carbon emissions are amplifying a North Atlantic wind pattern that drives northern Europe’s biggest winter storms, new research shows....
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...
Global Warming Could Be Making It Less Windy in Europe February 18, 2025 By Joe Wertz Global warming is driving down wind speeds during European summers, putting additional stress on the region’s energy systems as soaring...
Floods in France Force Evacuations and Cut Power to Homes January 31, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Nayla Razzouk Flooding caused by Storm Herminia forced the evacuation of thousands of people in northwest France, while hundreds of homes remain...
Storm Triggers Worst Floods in 40 Years in Northwest France January 28, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Nayla Razzouk Storm Herminia triggered the worst flooding in four decades in parts of northwest France and created dangerous avalanche conditions in...
Climate Change Makes Fierce Winter Storms Like Éowyn Even Stronger January 27, 2025 By Joe Wertz, Olivia Rudgard and Emily Biuso Winter Storm Éowyn pummeled Ireland and the UK with hurricane-force winds on Friday, creating blackouts for hundreds of thousands and...
Storm Éowyn Leaves Thousands Without Power, Grounds Flights January 24, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Eamon Akil Farhat Hurricane-strength winds battered Ireland and the UK early Friday morning, leaving thousands of homes and businesses without power and disrupting...