Study Warns on Cumulative Effect of ‘Drip, Drip, Drip’ of Nuisance Flooding February 23, 2017 Climate change is being felt in many coastal communities of the United States, not always in the form of big...
New Climate Index Shows Extreme Weather Is Now 3 Times More Frequent January 12, 2017 By Don Jergler Extreme weather over the last five years has been occurring with a regularity that’s about three times the norm, according...
Obama Administration Calls for Stricter Building Codes May 11, 2016 By Angela Greiling Keane and Zachary Tracer President Barack Obama is asking the private sector to tighten building standards to reduce losses from natural disasters after studies...
New York Launches Website for Extreme Weather May 10, 2016 New York is launching a website to help communities across the state prepare for extreme weather. The website created by...
Meteorologists Can Predict Tornadoes Weeks in Advance March 7, 2016 By Seth Borenstein Researchers say they’ve come up with a way to predict the likelihood of tornadoes two or three weeks in advance...
Report: Southeast States Unprepared for Future Risks from Climate Change December 11, 2015 Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought,...
Disaster Loans Offered to West Virginia Businesses Impacted by Weather December 3, 2015 Small businesses in West Virginia that have been impacted by bad weather may be able to get financial assistance from...
States Graded ‘A’ to ‘F’ for Extreme Weather Preparedness November 20, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Many states across the country are unprepared to face the risks posed extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding...
With El Nino Warming, Talk Turns to Cool La Nina October 15, 2015 By Brian K. Sullivan Just because the weather-roiling El Nino in the Pacific Ocean is still months from peaking, it doesn’t mean it’s too...
China Faces Severe Threats From Climate Change: Beijing-Based Meteorologist March 25, 2015 Chinese officials don’t usually go into detail on the challenges that climate change poses for the world’s most populous and...