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Extreme Weather

What Happens When Emergency Alerts Don’t Alert Everyone?

Several recent disasters have exposed major issues with the country’s emergency alert systems, experts say. 

By Kiley Price

A dust storm travels through Illinois on May 16, as seen from the National Weather Service office in Romeoville near Chicago. Credit: NWS

Dust Storms Surprise the Midwest and Raise Worries About Climate Risks

By Nikita Ponomarenko

A dancer practices Bomba, a traditional Puerto Rican dance, at El Batey Puerto Rican Center on July 31 in Buffalo, N.Y. El Batey has a thriving bomba community. Credit: Finya Swai

Buffalo Tests Its Status as a Climate Refuge

By Finya Swai, Erin Drumm

The site at Princeton’s Quarry Park that is being prepared for the town’s new microforest. Credit: Courtesy of Inga Reich

Plans Bloom for a Microforest in Princeton as New Jersey Residents Tackle Rising Heat

By Emilie Lounsberry

Nonprofits working in environmental justice communities like this one, in Pueblo, Colorado, have filed a notice of appeal in federal court in a lawsuit they filed to secure grants provided through the Inflation Reduction Act that the Trump administration rescinded in early 2025. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Environmentalists and Local Governments Appeal Dismissal of Case Over Trump’s Cancellation of Justice Grants

By Charles Paullin

More than 500 reef building coral species are found around Panaon Island, recently designated by the Phillipine government as a protected seascape. Credit: Danny Ocampo/Oceana Philippines

In the Philippines, a New Protected Seascape Safeguards ‘Super Reefs’

By Teresa Tomassoni

Madrid’s Emergency Medical Service workers transfer a prisoner from Valdemoro prison to Infanta Elena Hospital after he suffered heat stroke amid a heat wave in Spain. Credit: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images

Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows

By Bob Berwyn

Okeechobee Mayor Dowling Watford stands in front of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee in May. Credit: Amy Green/Inside Climate News

In the Midst of Florida’s Insurance Crisis, What Recourse Do Residents Have?

By Amy Green

Heavy rain and flooding in April left some streets in Chauncey, Ohio, completely underwater. Credit: Drew Daniels

A Rural Ohio County Embarks on a Project to Prepare for Worsening Floods

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Tropical analysis meteorologist Aidan Mahoney works at his station at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center in Miami on May 30. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Can Bipartisan Support in Congress Save NOAA From White House Cuts?

By Marianne Lavelle

A child sits on the shoulders of a rescue worker, who is wading through the water near other people. The water is reaching the adults' upper thighs. Buildings rise on either side of them.

Climate Change-Driven Floods Continue to Displace Millions in Pakistan

By Keerti Gopal

This solar panel has been struck by an ice ball during a durability test at the Renewable Energy Test Center in Fremont, Calif. Credit: RETC

Utility-Scale Solar Can Withstand Severe Hailstorms. Here’s How

By Dan Gearino

A worker drinks water from a botijo, a Spanish traditional earthenware drinking jug, to fight the heat in the midst of a heat wave in Madrid on Aug. 9, 2023. Credit: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images

World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows

By Dana Drugmand

A fishing vendor uses an umbrella to protect herself from the midday sun during a heat wave in St. Louis, Senegal. Credit: Lucia Weiß/picture alliance via Getty Images

Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds

By Chad Small

People walk along the shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay following heavy rain and flooding in North Beach, Md., on Aug. 9, 2024. Credit: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Experts, Officials Clash Over Maryland’s Latest Stormwater Permit

By Aman Azhar

A street floods in Plainfield, N.J., as Gov. Phil Murphy declares a state of emergency during heavy rainfall on July 15. Credit: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

With New Jersey Still Reeling From Summer Storms, Fossil Fuel Interests Fight ‘Climate Superfund’ Bill

By Jon Hurdle

An aerial view of Bayou La Batre. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Children of the Storm

By Lee Hedgepeth

Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Experts Fear Trump’s Cuts Will End in a Repeat Catastrophe

By Kiley Price

Red “no swimming” flags dot Brighton Beach amid Hurricane Erin on Wednesday in New York City. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Atlantic Shore Towns Feel Hurricane Erin’s Sting Without It Ever Making Landfall

By Kiley Price

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