Extreme weather
Government Climate Report Spotlights Costly Damage of Extreme Weather In 2018
Last year, 14 natural disasters caused at least $1 billion in damage each.
Photos show horrific aftermath of Indonesia’s deadly Tsunami
On Friday, just after 6 p.m. local time, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit at a depth of over 6 miles, just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami.
All the Crazy Things I Saw in Prison During Hurricane Harvey
We were stuck in a ghost town, and ours were the only lives left.
The Government Thinks Giant Fans Will Cool Down the Great Barrier Reef
Scientists call the plan "a major departure from reality,” which, yeah.
Why Do So Many People Die From Lightning Strikes In Indonesia?
Searching for answers in the wake of a tragic strike that left two dead at a school in Sumatra.
Donald Trump’s Grandfather Was Likely a Climate Change Refugee
A new study charts how extreme weather events, like droughts and floods, drove a 19th century wave of German immigration to North America.
I Fly Planes Through Hurricanes for a Living
Meet Commander Scott Price, a US government "Hurricane Hunter" who has seen some things.
TV Weathercasters Are Being Recruited to Convince People Climate Change Is Real
Weathercasters' on-air reporting about climate change increased over 1,200 percent between 2013 and 2016.
Does This Extreme Weather New Zealand Keeps Having Mean We're Fucked?
We asked a climate scientist if we're on the brink of climate change apocalypse.
Hmm, Could Australia's Recent Apocalyptic Weather Be a Sign of Climate Change?
Floods in WA, raging bushfires in NSW—it's just a taste of things to come, according to climate scientists.
Extreme Weather Forces 26 Million People Into Poverty Each Year
Natural disasters will widen the divide between the poor and everyone else, according to a new World Bank study.