How Hot Can It Get? Scientists Are Struggling to Find an Answer July 17, 2025 By Eric Roston How hot can a heat wave really get? Before June 2021, scientists thought they knew. That’s when one of the...
Insurance Supervisors’ Group Seeks Collaboration to Cover Disaster Losses July 17, 2025 By Erica Yokoyama Collaboration between the public and private sectors, beyond just insurance, is essential to narrowing the so-called protection gap, as losses...
UK Farmers Face Increased Fire Risks as Dry Weather Persists July 15, 2025 By Celia Bergin British farmers are facing increased fire risks to both their fields and harvesting machines, following a long spell of hot,...
Extreme Heat Is Killing European Workers Despite Government Efforts July 11, 2025 By Laura Millan Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30 p.m....
Extreme Weather Could Cause 5% Drop in Euro Zone GDP, Bank Watchdogs Find July 10, 2025 By Virginia Furness Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, flooding and wildfires could wipe as much off euro zone GDP in the next...
Texas Agencies Missed Opportunities to Fund Flood Warning System July 10, 2025 By Ryan J. Foley, Christopher Keller, Sean Murphy and Jim Mustian Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system...
Intense Downpours Are More Frequent, But Flooding Severity Remains Hard to Predict July 8, 2025 By Tammy Webber It’s not just Texas and North Carolina. Intense rain is falling more frequently in many areas of the U.S. —...
Texas Officials Under Scrutiny Over Lack of Warning Systems in Deadly Flood July 7, 2025 By Jim Vertuno and Sean Murphy Before heading to bed before the Fourth of July holiday, Christopher Flowers checked the weather while staying at a friend’s...
Heat Waves May Cut GDP by 0.5 Percentage Point in Europe, Allianz Says July 2, 2025 By Maria Martinez Recent heat waves across Europe could slow economic growth in Europe by half a percentage point in 2025, a report...
Update: Heatwave Grips Europe – Spurring Health Alerts, Raising Risk of Field Fires July 1, 2025 By Clotaire Achi, Emma Pinedo and Alvise Armellini Italy limited work outdoors, France shut schools and Turkey battled wildfires on Tuesday in a European heatwave that meteorologists said...