Environment

Florida Is Stripping Climate Change From Most of Its Laws

Kate Yoder / Grist Mar 27, 2024 The state is spending big on sea-level rise, but Republicans are afraid to name the reason. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Environment

4 Million People Killed by Climate Change Since 2000

Zoya Teirstein / Grist Jan 30, 2024 “Nobody is counting it, and nobody is moving in the direction of counting it.” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Insurers Should Support People, Not the Fossil Fuel Industry

By Tony Dunn / Independent Media Institute Feb 27, 2020 Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Soggy Neighborhoods Under Flash-Flood Warning in Mississippi

ROGELIO V. SOLIS / The Associated Press Feb 18, 2020 Forecasters expect more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bad Weather Moves into Eastern States; 5 Dead in South

REBECCA REYNOLDS YONKER / The Associated Press Feb 7, 2020 Extreme wind gusts, blowing snow and widespread flooding make traveling treacherous Friday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hundreds of Millions of Us Now Live in Danger of Flooding

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Nov 4, 2019 A new approach to measuring land height finds that the numbers of people already at risk from sea level rise have multiplied threefold. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘We Need Help’: Rescuers in Bahamas Face a Blasted Landscape

RAMON ESPINOSA, DÁNICA COTO and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN / The Associated Press Sep 4, 2019 Hurricane Dorian leaves devastation "unlike anything that we've ever seen before," an official says, with many still stranded in floodwaters. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Great Flood

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Jul 29, 2019 Rising sea levels and monster storms will intensify and flood the earth’s coasts as we enter the age of the “long emergency.” Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

‘Bomb Cyclone’ Storm Hammers Central U.S., Disrupting Travel

BLAKE NICHOLSON / The Associated Press Apr 10, 2019 Blizzard warnings are posted from Colorado to Minnesota, and wildfires are a concern in New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Damage Deepens as Swollen Rivers Inundate Midwestern Towns

HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH / The Associated Press Mar 18, 2019 Flooding is expected to linger after miles of levees are compromised in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Levees Breached in Midwest as Record Flooding Turns Deadly

MARGERY A. BECK / The Associated Press Mar 16, 2019 A deluge of rainwater and snowmelt pours over frozen ground, overwhelming creeks and rivers and killing a Nebraska farmer. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Midwest Flooding Closes Stretches of Major River, Interstate

MARGERY A. BECK and BLAKE NICHOLSON / The Associated Press Mar 15, 2019 Flooding still a big concern in the lower Missouri River area after a massive storm affects parts of Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )