Why Trump’s Plan to Stop Tallying Weather Losses Matters to the Insurance Industry May 9, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K. Sullivan Extreme weather is an increasingly expensive problem in the US. Last year, fires, droughts and storms caused more than $182...
NOAA Risks Loss of Data Network and Web Service April 29, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal A key contract that supports the network service provider for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to...
Why New York and New Jersey Are at Risk of Spring Wildfires April 25, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal The wildfire scorching southern New Jersey ignited despite a series of downpours in recent weeks — and the region is...
Weather Service Merges Units as Staffing Pressure Rises March 28, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Brian K. Sullivan The US National Weather Service will merge two of its largest forecasting units as it prepares for the loss of...
Trump’s Science Cuts Have Thrown the Research World Into Chaos March 17, 2025 By Zahra Hirji, Jessica Nix, Lauren Rosenthal and Janet Lorin Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in...
LA Braces for Fire Risk From Bone-Dry Winds as Winter Rains Lag January 21, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal Dangerous winds and drought will create extreme fire risk across Southern California Tuesday, putting more than 11 million people in...
Fire-Ravaged LA to See Respite But Danger ‘Not Yet Passed’ January 16, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan, Laura Curtis and Lauren Rosenthal The dry, dangerous winds that have kept fire-scarred Los Angeles on edge for days are finally forecast to end —...
Los Angeles Fires Rage as High Winds Set to Return This Week January 13, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Laura Curtis At least two rounds of vicious, dry Santa Ana winds are expected to blast through Southern California early this week,...
California Winds Drive Severe Fire Danger in Rain-Starved LA January 6, 2025 By Lauren Rosenthal and Mark Chediak Exceptionally powerful, dry winds expected across Southern California this week are set to send wildfire risk skyrocketing in a region...
Malibu Firefighters Make Gains on Blaze as Wind Warnings Persist December 11, 2024 By Lauren Rosenthal and John Gittelsohn Firefighters made some gains containing a raging wildfire that threatens Malibu, California, even as the burn area doubled in size...