As natural disasters become more frequent and destructive due to a changing climate, insurers pull out of areas they deem too risky, and housing remains historically unaffordable, homeowners and ...
Worries about natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes can make people with right-leaning political views more open to making sustainable purchases, according to a new study. The ...
California lawmakers introduced new legislation to hold oil companies accountable for their contribution to climate change and fueling deadly natural disasters like wildfires. Democratic State Sen.
Among those agencies was a top purveyor of disaster assistance: the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Advocates worry that the recent moves could slow progress toward correcting decades of ...
From 1980 to 2024, there were 46 confirmed climate disaster events – including 14 drought events, six flooding events, three freeze events, four severe storm events, and 19 wildfire events.
Source: Photo by Elaine Miller-Karas (2025) Used with permission. Disasters have plagued communities worldwide. The widespread destruction from the recent Southern California wildfires has been ...
In Pat Bagley’s cartoon of Jan. 9, he drew an image of the horrible fires burning in Los Angeles and added the caption, “If your politics jump on a natural disaster to score points and spread ...
If accurate, this would exceed the inflation-adjusted $201.3 billion cost of Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. In 2024 alone, there were 27 weather and climate ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mario Mendoza poses for a portrait as he takes a break while working on repairing a mobile home in Belle ...
There’s a truism in municipal debt: Bonds rarely move on natural disasters. That long-tested concept had held up until fires destroyed thousands of properties in Los Angeles last week.
The abrupt loss of a home due to a natural disaster such as wildfires and other events beyond one’s control can leave people feeling hopeless. A Baylor College of Medicine expert gives advice on ways ...