We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around the world that was made more likely by human-caused climate change. Climate Matters is ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to preliminary figures from the ...

Despite avoiding a landfall by a major hurricane last year, the United States still endured 23 weather-related disasters that caused at least a $1 billion in damage costs in 2025. The total ...

Small-scale natural catastrophes in the U.S. are becoming costlier for insurers. For the first time in a decade, the U.S. was spared by a direct hurricane hit in 2025. But claim costs for non-peak ...

There were a grand total of 23 billion-dollar weather and climate-related disasters in the United States in 2025, totaling 115 billion dollars in damage, according to a new report from Climate Central ...

WASHINGTON — Climate Central crunched the numbers and found that last year officially ranks third for the most billion-dollar disasters behind 2023 and 2024. The 23 such events that occurred led to ...

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As communities across the United States are still recovering from hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, Federal Emergency Management Agency supervisors are warning staff to prepare for the dismissal of ...