A grid is considered resilient when it can either withstand the effects of severe weather or, if severe weather does stop it from functioning, when it is able to “bounce back” and restore electricity ...
People who have lived through floods, heat waves, or other climate-related disasters are significantly more likely to view climate change as a very serious threat, according to new research from the ...
Storm Éowyn was the most expensive weather event in Irish insurance history, with final insurance claims totalling €301m. The ...
The Federal Reserve’s former top-ranking official overseeing climate risk says the US economy faces a series of long-term, structural shocks as a result of increasingly extreme weather patterns. Kevin ...
Extreme weather events are driving short-term surges in food prices around the world. Staple foods—including potatoes, rice, onions, lettuce and fruit—are being hit by price shocks, according to a ...
Mobile homes are among the most frequent casualties of extreme weather. They are regularly swept away in floods, including this month in Central Texas and New Mexico. They are often hit hard by ...
The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration “retired” in May, has relaunched outside of the government using the same methodology. In its first update at ...