Natural Disasters

As warming temperatures intensified precipitation over the last 30 years, floods costs have risen by $2.5 billion

The 22 events that each caused at least $1 billion in damage show the increasing costs of climate change

Tiny crystals play a big role in unexpectedly violent eruptions

Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Panama about the toll lightning takes on tropical trees.

A federal report about vulnerability focuses on historically disadvantaged people for the first time

The year has already seen many extremes, from California’s and Colorado’s largest wildfires to a tropical cyclone boom

This is some of the most dramatic activity since the floor of one of the volcano’s craters collapsed in 2018

Record-breaking blazes in Australia spewed as many particles into the sky as a volcanic eruption

Climate change exacerbates hot, dry weather and could drive changes to the fire-fueling Santa Ana winds

The combination of hurricanes, wildfires, and the pandemic meant the organization provided four times as much assistance as in an average year

Vibrations in the earth’s crust generated by human activity dropped as lockdowns went into effect

Travel time differences for sound waves produced by undersea earthquakes in the same place at different times can provide details about ocean warming.