In the US last year there were 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, adding up to a total of $115 billion in damages. The database that tracks these costs used to be maintained by the federal government.

A record-setting 21 thunderstorm events each caused at least $1 billion in damages, a sign that more people and property are in harm’s way.

A new analysis finds that in 2025, disasters in the U.S. took 276 lives and caused $115 billion in damages. It could have been much worse.

The data’s in for 2025. It was yet another year of back-to-back billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the U.S.

When examining climate disasters, it’s important to distinguish them from weather events unrelated to climate change and from

Recognizing that climate change is affecting us in a variety of ways helps illuminate the reality of this problem.

The top Democrats on the Environment & Public Works, Finance and Banking committees are concerned that the financial rating firm — whose scores are accepted by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — has led homeowners to trust risky insurers who go insolvent when natural disasters hit. The company has defended its practices.

Climate change caused by human activity has taken over many agendas, subsuming other topics within its fold. To achieve and continue sustainability, it should be the other way around, placing climate change action within other sustainability actions.

The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) faces severe challenges due to its vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters, resulting in economic repercussions such as erosion, flooding, droughts,