Apr 30 Tornado flips cars, closes major roads in coastal Florida city By Associated Press A tornado touched down in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday as a powerful storm system brought intense rain and powerful winds to the state, overturning cars, damaging homes and snapping tree branches. Continue reading
Apr 22 Extreme weather is nearly universal experience across the country, AP-NORC poll says By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press An overwhelming majority of people in the United States say they have recently experienced an extreme weather event, a new poll shows, and most of them attribute that to climate change. Continue reading
Apr 10 California's unusual winter weather presented challenges for U.S. beekeepers By Amy Taxin, Associated Press Bees have been slow to emerge from their hives due to the chilly weather. That means beekeepers have had to feed them to keep them going. Continue reading
Mar 27 Challenging recovery ahead for low-income residents affected by devastating Mississippi tornado By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press Poverty is adding to the challenges of recovering from a massive tornado that pushed through Mississippi. Continue reading
Mar 21 Analysis: Latest IPCC report confirms climate change is worsening, but we have the tools to combat it By Frank Jotzo, Mark Howden, The Conversation A child born now is likely to suffer, on average, three to four times as many climate extreme events in their lifetime as their grandparents did. Continue reading
Mar 20 Humanity can still stop worst consequences of climate change, but time is running out, IPCC warns By Seth Borenstein, Frank Jordans, Associated Press This is likely the last warning the IPCC will be able to make about the 1.5 mark because their next set of reports will likely come after Earth has either breached the mark or locked into exceeding it soon, several… Continue reading
Feb 20 Madagascar, Mozambique prepare for 'dangerous' Cyclone Freddy By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press A cyclone which is intensifying as it approaches the southeastern African coast has been labeled as "dangerous" by the United Nation's weather agency on Monday as nations brace for landfall. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:17 Will climate change lead to more intense weather events? By Laura Barrón-López, Mary Fecteau, Mike Fritz While California continues to be inundated by storms and millions of residents remain under flood watches, western New York is still recovering from last month’s historic blizzard that dumped more than four feet of snow on Buffalo. Laura Barrón-López examines… Continue watching
Jan 11 Climate change helped fuel 18 billion-dollar disasters in 2022, NOAA says By Stacy Morford, Angela Antipova, Dorian J. Burnette, Mathew Barlow, Ray Lombardi, Shuang-Ye Wu, Suzana J. Camargo, The Conversation A monster hurricane, destructive storms and a drought that disrupted business across the economy led the list of the year’s costliest disasters. Continue reading
Dec 16 Africa faced extreme weather and an international community distracted by Ukraine in 2022 By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that occurred across Africa in 2022. Continue reading