Severe Storms & Flooding
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70 Missing, 150 Dead as Cyclone Seroja Hits Indonesia, East Timor
Catastrophic landslides driven by climate change and deforestation have killed at least 150 and displaced thousands after Tropical Cyclone Seroja hammered remote islands in ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Wildfires, Toxic Gases Lead to Mass Bird Deaths in West-Central U.S.
The 2020 wildfire season caused a mass die-off of birds in the western and central United States, according to crowdsourced science and weather location ... -
BuildingsClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
New Study Reveals Mega-Tornadoes More Common than Previously Believed
Meteorologists have long used infrastructure damage to calculate tornado wind speeds, but that metric underestimates the real number of truly terrifying storms by as ... -
AustraliaClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingWater
Devastating Australian Floods Show ‘Tricky’ Connections to Climate Change
Pounding rain arriving on the heels of an unseasonably wet summer has displaced thousands of people and inundated hundreds of kilometres of Australia’s southeast ... -
AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesInternational Security & WarJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
10.3 Million Displaced by Climate Disaster from September 2020 to February 2021
In just a six-month period over the past year, climate disasters sent more than 10 million people fleeing from their homes, adding to trauma ... -
CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemographicsEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
More Systemic Racism than Storm Damage in Jackson, Mississippi Water Crisis
The winter storm that famously brought Texas to its knees last month also delivered misery to places like Jackson, Mississippi. Weeks later, more than ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemographicsHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInsurance & LiabilityInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Increases in U.S. Floods, Flood Damage Fuel Insurance Crisis
Sea level rise and severe storms are sending more and more water surging into America’s towns and cities, destroying property and lives. That has ... -
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Criminalizing Ecocide Could Give Teeth to Easy-to-Evade Climate Targets
While most of the world’s countries are, for all intents and purposes, reneging on their promises to keep global warming below 1.5°C, individuals and ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Heritage Group Places Entire City of Providence, RI, on ‘Endangered Property’ List
The iconic 1928 “Superman” building is just one of many heritage treasures to be found in the 385-year-old Rhode Island city of Providence. Now, ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Maryland Capital and Its County Launch New Climate Suits Against Big Fossil
Annapolis, Maryland, has launched a lawsuit against 26 fossil companies—including heavyweights ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Shell—in a bid to hold the industry liable for ... -
BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPetrochemicals & PlasticsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Rising Rents, Hurricane Damage Drive Homelessness Crisis in Louisiana
Only six months after seeing their homes destroyed by back-to-back hurricanes, many renters in the industrial heartland of southwest Louisiana have found themselves literally ... -
AfricaChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy PoliticsEuropeHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Russian Veto Blocks UN Security Council Action on Climate
The sitting president of the United Nations Security Council was left “stabbing at a broken panic button” yesterday after Russia’s veto threat prevented the ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBuildingsCoalElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureLegal & RegulatoryNuclearOff-GridOil & GasSevere Storms & FloodingSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited StatesWind
Brutal Cold Snap Triggers Rolling Blackouts, Drives Up Power Costs as Texas Gas Plants Fail
A brutal blast of cold, winter weather this week killed at least 14 people in four U.S. states, dropped snow and ice on an ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States
Deliver Real Protections for Climate Migrants, Refugee Group Urges Biden Administration
As work begins on a new climate change and migration report commissioned by the Biden administration, Refugees International is urging the White House to ... -
Climate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaSub-National Governments
Citizen ‘Climate Brigades’ in Ecuador Build Resilience, Cohesion
The citizen brigades of Guayaquil, Ecuador, were established to help the city’s poor find safety during extreme weather events. But the results have gone ...
