(Bloomberg) — Activists are petitioning the US government to formally classify extreme heat and wildfire smoke as major disasters, as soaring temperatures threaten to set records across much of the ...

The growing impact of severe weather events is expected to drive an increase in home foreclosures and cost mortgage lenders billions—a trend that could drive mortgage rates higher, according to a new ...

A hidden stratospheric wind system just broke its rhythm, unleashing synchronised extreme weather across Southeast Asia.

Editor's Note: Against the backdrop of global climate change, the risk of geological disasters occurring in traditionally low-risk regions has risen significantly. In an interview with ThePaper.cn, ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to ...

TWO DOZEN OTHER TRADE PARTNERS. WELL, NEW AT SIX. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION WILL NO LONGER TRACK THE COST OF EXTREME WEATHER DISASTERS. THE FEDERAL AGENCY SAYS IT IS RETIRING ...

Landing at Los Angeles International Airport still feels surreal even a week after firestorms torched 12,000 homes, businesses and structures, and killed at least 24 people in Los Angeles. There’s ...

2:16 595 people in B.C. died from summer heat wave: coroners service Governments should consider extreme heat a natural disaster as climate change raises the risk of soaring summer temperatures in ...

When it comes to extreme weather and natural disasters, Josh Bowen has seen Canada at its worst. As a member of the Canadian Armed Forces for 13 years, his resume reads like a catalog of Canadian ...

Several cities in China are on the list of places around the world that scientists predict will experience increasing extremes in weather as a result of global warming. (AP) Global warming is leading ...

While the impact of more frequent and costly weather disasters on the insurance industry is well known, the new report from climate risk analytics firm First Street highlights the growing risk to ...