This year’s report studied 13 major hazard events that occurred in 2021, including hurricanes, tornados, hailstorms, wildfires, and even winter storms. 14.5 million single and multifamily homes were ...

The overwhelming consensus among climate scientists is that global warming is radically changing weather patterns. Heat waves are more prolonged and intense, storms are stronger and more frequent, and ...

WASHINGTON — The annual number of billion-dollar natural disasters has been increasing since 1980 and as of December 1, there have been 18 billion-dollar disasters in 2021 alone. The December tornado ...

Hurricanes, wildfires, droughts and deep freezes made 2021 one of the costliest — and deadliest — years for natural disasters in recent U.S. history, a federal report found Monday, as scientists and ...

Hurricane Ida, the ninth named storm in another Atlantic season for the books, clobbered New Orleans and much of Louisiana with deadly 150-mile-per-hour winds in the final week of August. But it was ...

Steve Bowen, meteorologist and head of catastrophe insight at insurer Aon, said 2021 is the sixth time that natural disasters have exceeded $100 billion in insured loss. All six times have taken place ...

FILE - In this aerial photo, the remains of destroyed homes are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Sept. 6, 2021, in Lafitte, La. Damage wrought by Hurricane Ida in the U.S. state of Louisiana ...

Texas, Georgia and Illinois are the three worst states for natural disasters. Hawaii, Alaska and Maine are the three states with the fewest natural disasters. Natural disaster frequency and losses are ...