Q1 Claims Volume Hits 5-Year Low But Severity Up on Wildfire Losses, Verisk Says June 19, 2025 By Ezra Amacher The quarter brought devastating wildfires to California, wind and hail events to Texas, and substantial increases in activity to "Tornado...
US Spending on Climate Damage Nears $1 Trillion Per Year June 18, 2025 By Eric Roston The U.S. has spent nearly $1 trillion dollars on disaster recovery and other climate-related needs over the 12 months ending,...
Researchers Chase Hail Across Great Plains in Effort to Improve Forecasting June 17, 2025 By Seth Borenstein, Brittany Peterson and Carolyn Kaster Wind roared against the SUV’s windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A...
Death Toll From San Antonio Flooding Rises to 13, All Those Missing Have Been Found June 16, 2025 Update The death toll from heavy rains that inundated parts of San Antonio has risen to 13, and all those...
Why FEMA Keeps Denying Disaster Preparedness Aid to States June 11, 2025 By Zahra Hirji The Trump administration is increasingly skipping a form of federal disaster aid that helps states better prepare for future storms,...
Hong Kong Tracks System That May Develop into First 2025 Typhoon June 6, 2025 By Mary Hui Hong Kong’s weather bureau is tracking a tropical disturbance spinning in the warm waters east of the Philippines, which may...
Central US Severe Weather Outbreak Caused Billions in Damages, AccuWeather Says May 20, 2025 A multiday severe weather outbreak across the central U.S. caused an estimated $9 billion to $11 billion in total damages...
What Conditions Lead to Extreme Storms With Destructive Flooding? April 14, 2025 By Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton A powerful storm system that stalled over states from Texas to Ohio for several days in early April 2025 wreaked...
AccuWeather: Severe Storms in Central US Cause $80-90B in Damages, Economic Loss April 7, 2025 A multiday severe weather outbreak in the central U.S. caused an estimated $80 billion to $90 billion in total damage...
Death Toll Rises From Tornadoes, Wildfires and Storms in Multiple States March 18, 2025 By Sara Cline and Rebecca Reynolds Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the...