It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, the costliest fire outbreak in US history ‒ helped push the nation's ...

The insurance industry has reached a critical juncture. With climate change driving an undeniable surge in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, including ferocious hurricanes and ...

This week’s killer freeze in the U.S. was no surprise. Government and private meteorologists saw it coming, some nearly three weeks in advance. They started sounding warnings two weeks ahead of time.

When Americans are killed in plane crashes or train accidents, an independent board steps in to investigate what went wrong and how to avoid the same mistakes again. No such process exists after ...