Explore the profound impact of hurricanes, snowstorms, and wildfires on American history.

From tornadoes and hurricanes to wildfires and floods, weather and climate disasters cause billions of dollars in damage, on top of their steep human toll. Those costs could rise sharply in the years ...

The end of the year is a time to reflect on the past and plan for the future. Weather, as always, made headlines on multiple fronts in 2025, including the deadly Texas Hill Country floods, a rare EF-5 ...

Hours after an Atlantic hurricane came for Appalachia, many residents of rolling, tree-lined western Asheville, North Carolina, had nothing to do and nowhere to go. More than 1,000 roads were closed, ...

The defining climate story of 2025 was that they unfolded across regions with very different income levels, governance structures and climate readiness, yet produced strikingly similar failures.

Senate Democrats are seeking to revive a database that had tracked billion-dollar climate and weather disasters for decades until the Trump administration retired it in May. Limited time: Save 25% on ...

It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, the costliest fire outbreak in US history ‒ helped push the nation's ...

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 ...