Extreme Weather

This Year’s US Wildfires Have Already Set Records That Could Foreshadow a Smoky, Fiery Summer

By Jake Bolster

As Storms Pummel Hawaii, the Western U.S. Continues to Bake Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave

By Kiley Price

Climate-Fueled Wildfires and Dust Storms Drove Up Air Pollution Around the World Last Year

By Kiley Bense, Keerti Gopal

A New Study Links a Record-Breaking Tropical Disease Outbreak in Peru to Climate-Driven Extreme Weather

By Liza Gross

A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights

By Liza Gross

Are There Climate Fingerprints in Tornado Activity?

By Kiley Price

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

Maui’s Mental Health Crisis Goes Far Beyond the Wildfire Burn Zone 

By Keerti Gopal

Following Months of Drought, Floods in Kenya Kill More Than 40 People

By Kiley Price

A Warmer Climate Means Bigger Hail

By Bob Berwyn

Hurricane Helene Is Headed for Georgians’ Electric Bills

By Ryan Krugman

How Snowstorms Can Trigger More Dangerous Flooding in New Jersey

By Rambo Talabong

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’

By Kiley Bense

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous

Disaster Survivors Want Kristi Noem Out of FEMA 

By Arcelia Martin

Amid National Call to Make Polluters Pay, Illinois Lawmakers Are Prepping a Climate Change Superfund Bill

By Keerti Gopal

As the Winter Olympics Stares Down a Warming Future, Organizers Must Adapt, Scientists Say

By Kiley Price