Homeowners, farmers, and municipal budgets across the United States are absorbing the costs of 12 separate billion-dollar ...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its latest billion-dollar weather disaster report on June 8, ...
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 ...
Charred homes and burnt cars are pictured amid the rubble of the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 13, 2025. Credit - Agustin Paullier—Getty Images ...
Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.) aims to introduce legislation this fall that would establish an agency to investigate deadly weather events. Eric Sorensen has felt for years that the country could better ...
Experts warn that after 23 billion-dollar weather disasters killed 276 people and caused $115B in damage in 2025, the U.S. could face even worse risks in 2026. In 2025, 23 billion-dollar weather ...
Climate change-driven weather disasters like hurricanes, wildfires and floods pose an immediate threat to the U.S. drug supply chain, a new study says. Nearly two-thirds of all U.S. pharmaceutical ...
In 2024, Hurricane Helene triggered a nationwide shortage of the country's intravenous (IV) fluids after damaging a facility in North Carolina. A similar IV fluid shortage was caused when Hurricane ...
Researchers found 6819 active facilities (62.8%) were located in counties where a disaster was declared. HealthDay News — More than 60% of drug production facilities were located in US counties with ...