A new study counts the human health costs from increasingly costly and dangerous extreme weather in the U.S.

An estimated 2.5 million people were forced from their homes in the United States by weather-related disasters in 2023, according to new data from the Census Bureau. The numbers, issued on ...

Trump just made it much harder to track the nation’s worst weather disasters US abruptly stops tracking costs of the most devastating storms.

The United States has suffered 23 billion-dollar disasters so far in 2023, a record for this point in the year that highlights the country’s struggle to adapt to the effects of climate change.

The disasters database, which will be archived but no longer updated beyond 2024, has allowed taxpayers, media and researchers to track the cost of natural disasters — spanning extreme events ...

Overall losses from natural disasters Globally, natural disasters caused overall losses of around $131 billion in the first half of 2025. This is slightly lower than the $155 billion in losses ...

Natural disasters in the U.S. in 2023 caused $93 billion in damage and set a new record in total number of billion-dollar disasters.

Human-built megastructures could actually be slowing down Earth's rotation. Here's everything you need to know.

As the U.S. hits a new record of billion dollar weather disasters this year, the Red Cross disaster relief agency is launching a $1 billion response effort as these events are expected to increase ...