• A new ratings industry is emerging to help homebuyers assess climate risks

    A new ratings industry is emerging to help homebuyers assess climate risks

    Dec 08, 2021 07:07 PM EST

    ... probability of a bad outcome, the more optimistic bidder is more likely to purchase the asset. Climate change is making extreme weather events, such as tropical storms and flooding, more frequent and intense in many places. Will people’s risk perceptions shift along with these changes? Studies show that many ...

  • Summer storms were a climate-change wake-up call for subways

    Summer storms were a climate-change wake-up call for subways

    Oct 08, 2021 03:43 PM EST

    ... some of the newest measures to buffer the vulnerable line. Flood barriers at a key downtown waterfront stop were activated for the first time when Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in New England in August. No major damage was reported at the station. Officials are next seeking federal funds to ...

  • Chemical shortage inflates paints and plastics prices

    Chemical shortage inflates paints and plastics prices

    Sep 29, 2021 06:04 PM EST

    ... beginning to recover when Hurricane Ida struck the Gulf Coast in August, once again damaging refineries and chemical plants. As if that weren't enough, Tropical Storm Nicholas caused flooding. "Some of these downstream petrochemical plants in the Gulf Coast regions are still shut down from Hurricane Ida," said Bridgette ...

  • When the hospital emergency room is inundated with knee-deep water

    When the hospital emergency room is inundated with knee-deep water

    Sep 28, 2021 09:14 PM EST

    ... reach into deep pockets to bolster their resilience, said Kara Brooks, who manages sustainability programs for the American Society for Health Care Engineering. In 2001, Tropical Storm Allison drenched Houston in a 1,000-year flood, including Texas Medical Center, costing the facility $1.5 billion and years of lost ...

  • ‘Purest form of hell’: Louisianans are living in tents and cars after losing homes to storms

    ‘Purest form of hell’: Louisianans are living in tents and cars after losing homes to storms

    Sep 17, 2021 12:30 PM EST

    COCODRIE, La. - As Tropical Storm Nicholas crawled through Louisiana this week, dumping nearly 10 inches of rain, Hank Deogracis and Elizabeth Schrader were living outside in a small tent. Left homeless by Hurricane Ida, the couple is part of an emerging housing crisis along the Louisiana Gulf Coast — one made ...

  • News Wrap: 1 million NYC kids return to school as de Blasio vows 'gold standard' of safety

    News Wrap: 1 million NYC kids return to school as de Blasio vows 'gold standard' of safety

    Sep 13, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    Tropical Storm Nicholas is headed for landfall in Texas tonight, with up to 16 inches of rain. It could become a minimal hurricane, and then move slowly across Texas and Southwestern Louisiana through midweek. That's likely to trigger flash flooding in a region west of where Hurricane Ida struck ...

  • California firefighters chase new fires ignited by lightning

    California firefighters chase new fires ignited by lightning

    Sep 10, 2021 09:02 PM EST

    ... disastrous outcomes in parched California. Last year's record amount of land burned included huge Northern California fires that were ignited when remnants of a tropical storm unleashed thousands of bolts. A cluster of 2020 lightning fires known as the August Complex burned more than 1,615 square miles (4 ...

  • News Wrap: Justice Department sues Texas over 6-week abortion ban

    News Wrap: Justice Department sues Texas over 6-week abortion ban

    Sep 09, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    ... 15,000 firefighters are already battling 14 major fires across the state.In the Southeastern U.S., the problem is too much water. Remains of Tropical Storm Mindy poured rain over Georgia and South Carolina today in areas already soaked by previous storms. In the Pacific, Hurricane Olaf headed toward ...

  • News Wrap: Trial begins for 2015 Paris terrorist attacks by Islamic State

    News Wrap: Trial begins for 2015 Paris terrorist attacks by Islamic State

    Sep 08, 2021 10:55 PM EST

    In our news wrap Wednesday, a long-awaited trial opened in Paris on the 2015 Islamic State terrorist attack that killed 130 people. The World Health Organization asked that rich nations not give COVID-19 booster shots until next year. A new tropical storm, Mindy, has formed in the Northeastern ...

  • WATCH: Biden surveys New York and New Jersey storm damage, talks climate change

    WATCH: Biden surveys New York and New Jersey storm damage, talks climate change

    Sep 07, 2021 02:00 PM EST

    ... Jersey's Raritan River, is almost always hard-hit by major storms. It was the scene of catastrophic flooding in 1998 as the remnants of Tropical Storm Floyd swept over New Jersey. It also sustained serious flooding during the aftermath of Hurricane Irene in 2011 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012 ...