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...
Attribution Science, Extreme Weather and Why They Matter October 2, 2014 By Don Jergler There is a love-hate relationship with the word “new.” It’s used far too often, but without it as a preface...
New York Requires State Agencies to Consider Extreme Weather September 24, 2014 By Michael Virtanen New York state agencies are required to consider the future likelihood of extreme weather in their decisions on public works...