Hurricane Laura made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm and damaged infrastructure, homes and businesses Louisiana as seen on Aug. 29, 2020. (Dominick Del Vecchio/FEMA) NOAA’s National Centers ...

In 2024, 568 people were killed and roughly $180 billion in damages were done due to weather-related disasters. The most deadly and costly event was Hurricane Helene. Tropical cyclones caused over 50% ...

AFBF has calculated crop and rangeland damage estimates since 2021 to provide a window into the impacts of natural disasters on domestic food production. This Market Intel updates total crop loss ...

Stage two of the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) is moving into the initial stages of implementation, USDA officials announced during a media briefing on Monday. In what USDA Deputy ...

The U.S. experienced 24 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters from January through November 2024 — a total second only to the record 28 annual disasters set just last year. These 24 ...

(CNN) — Deanne Criswell has spent years sounding the alarm about busier disaster seasons. Just days before the former chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency stepped down at the end of the ...

FEMA declared 179 disasters in the U.S. in 2024, but climate change’s impacts were felt just as drastically around the world. When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina, bringing torrential rain and ...

USDA's opening of applications for Stage 1 of the new Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) marks the start of a new chapter in federal efforts to offset crop, tree and vine losses tied to ...

Catholics in the U.S. offered steadfast support to those impacted by natural disasters throughout 2024, Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia told OSV News. The archbishop, who chairs the board ...

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California’s blazing wildfires and last year’s destructive hurricanes in the Southeast are frightening examples of the dramatic impacts of climate change. Illinoisans might feel relatively safe from ...

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