Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Extreme weather events have always shaped the course of history, altering civilizations, economies, and even the landscape of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Alexander Gerst - CC BY-SA 2.0/Wiki Commons. If 2024 had a theme, it was chaos from the skies. This year, the planet ...

Extreme weather is intensifying across the globe, and the standard explanation points to greenhouse gas emissions warming the atmosphere. But a less examined dynamic may be compounding the damage: ...

Another year came and went in the blink of an eye. 2025 was memorable for many reasons, including heavy rainfall, a worsening drought, beautiful Northern Lights displays and even more snow. Here are ...

Have you noticed how the news cycle lately is just one extreme weather disaster after another? Flash floods in the Midwest.

After deadly flooding in central Texas in 1987, some thought they’d proven they could handle Mother Nature’s best punch. Then came this month’s horrific flash floods, when unfathomable amounts of rain ...

Climate experts have identified an atmospheric configuration that can release huge volumes of water in a matter of minutes. Led by Newcastle University and the UK Met Office, the research helps ...

A majority of Americans, 58%, believe that extreme weather events will become more common in the near future, according to a new Ipsos poll. Photo from Chris Gallagher, UnSplash Americans see a ...

Climate change-driven extreme weather events threaten the US pharmaceutical supply chain, with 62.8% of facilities in disaster-prone counties. Hurricane Helene in 2024 highlighted the vulnerability of ...

The Trump Administration’s cuts to federal weather forecasting could impact the nation’s ability to accurately predict extreme weather events as they happen. The National Weather Service (NWS) cut ...