Natural Disasters

Storms may not weaken as quickly once they make landfall, allowing them to do more damage

Torrential rains deluged the southern part of the state, with the storm set to hit the Gulf Coast this weekend

A record 30 storms have formed, compared to the previous high of 28; almost all were the earliest on record

Rising nighttime temperatures stymie traditional firefighting methods

It is unclear how much expected snows would help combat the blazes raging across drought-parched land

The mass-extinction asteroid happened to strike an area where the rock contained a lot of organic matter and sent soot into the stratosphere, where it could block sunlight for years.

Climate models that looked at temperature change could not foresee the effects of drought and fire suppression

In the past 20 years, 20 climate-fueled disasters have caused damage to countries worth more than 10 percent of their GDP

Coastal areas of the state are national leaders in adopting a standard that protects roofs

Terns seem to pass through just after powerful typhoons

One third of volcanoes may have molten reserves kilometers away

Infernos in South America’s Pantanal region have burned twice the area of California’s fires this year