Beyond Harvey and Irma: Militarization in the Climate-Change Era

By Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch Sep 19, 2017 In the coming years, climate change will increasingly dominate the domestic national security agenda. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Powerful Earthquake Jolts Central Mexico on Anniversary of 1985 Quake

The Associated Press Sep 19, 2017 The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a magnitude of 7.1 and was centered near a town in Puebla state about 76 miles southeast of Mexico City. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hurricane Maria Slams Dominica

By Carlisle Jno Baptiste and Danica Coto / AP Sep 19, 2017 The storm, ravaging parts of the Caribbean still reeling from Hurricane Irma, is on track to hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hurricane Irma Shifts Course, Takes Aim at Tampa

By Curt Anderson and Claire Galofaro / AP Sep 9, 2017 Dodging Miami, the storm is predicted to blow ashore Sunday in the Florida Keys and move up the state’s Gulf Coast. It has left at least 20 dead across the Caribbean. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Floodwaters Drop Across Much of Houston Area

By Nomaan Merchant and Juan Lozano / AP Aug 30, 2017 Hurricane Harvey is finally easing, but the devastation and death toll continue to rise. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hurricane-Flooded Houston Evokes Painful Memories of Katrina

By Julie Watson / AP Aug 27, 2017 Emergency rescue resources and shelters in Houston are overloaded as officials push to minimize the fallout from the monster storm. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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How the World Breaks

By James Mumford Sep 19, 2016 Welcome to the new frontier -- a place where intensifying catastrophes driven by climate change have already forced people around the world to make life-altering decisions.Welcome to the new frontier—a place where intensifying catastrophes driven by climate change have already forced people around the world to make life-altering decisions. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Jill Stein Speaks With Victims of Louisiana’s Catastrophic Flood — and Those Trying to Help Them

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2016 “It’s a crisis like this that really brings out the strength of a community. And we’re here to help enlarge that community," the Green Party presidential nominee said. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Floods Will Add to California’s Drought Woes

By Tim Radford / Climate News Network Oct 28, 2015 Climate scientists predict that while the drought that has devastated the state for four years will become more extreme, it will be interspersed with bouts of serious flooding. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hurricanes Wreak Economic Havoc as World Warms

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Oct 22, 2015 Analysis of insurance data convinces environmental economists that climate change is pushing up the cost of dealing with the disastrous effects of extreme weather events. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Are Home Buyouts the Best Way to Help Hurricane Victims?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 28, 2015 Amid a decade’s worth of New Yorker articles about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath collected ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the natural disaster, the magazine published a short video report on the effort to incentivize residents of Staten Island, a place hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, into leaving parts of the disaster-prone borough. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )