Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
JUNEAU, Alaska — Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous…
Flash flood warning issued as atmospheric river hits Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on…
Atmospheric river douses Southern California, threatening LA’s burned areas
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An unusually strong storm system called an atmospheric river was dousing Southern California on…
Families of campers, counselors who died in Texas Hill County floods sue Camp Mystic
The Texas Hill Country is known as “flash flood alley” due to its unique terrain. Credit: Wikimedia Commons…
At UN climate summit, countries attest to harms of Earth’s warming
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on…
Jamaica rushes to prepare for peak tourism season after Hurricane Melissa
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaica’s peak tourism season is one month away, and officials in the hurricane-ravaged…
Kenyan landslide death toll rises to 26 as flash floods hamper search for survivors
NAIROBI, Kenya — The death toll from a deadly landslide in western Kenya has risen to 26 after…
Where Americans Won’t Buy Homes Due To Climate Change or Natural Disasters
Regardless of whether they believe climate change is real, 69% of homeowners took the phenomenon into account when…
Rescuers and aid workers bring relief to hurricane-hit Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Rescuers and aid workers fanned out across Jamaica on Saturday to distribute food and…
US region suffers under crushing impact of unrelenting drought: ‘Abnormally dry’
Droughts are one of many natural disasters pointing to a larger, global climate crisis. As temperatures reach new…