Globally, natural disasters caused overall losses of around $131 billion in the first half of 2025. This is slightly lower than the $155 billion in losses from first half of 2024, but higher than ...

UPDATED: July 27, 2023 at 9:16 AM PDT SHASTA COUNTY – An evacuation warning was lifted Tuesday as firefighters continued to battle the Wonder Fire just south of Shasta Lake, according to Cal Fire.

The United States has suffered 23 billion-dollar disasters so far in 2023, a record for this point in the year that highlights the country’s struggle to adapt to the effects of climate change.

The costliest year for weather disasters was 2017, with around $383.7 billion in damages, according to NOAA. The U.S. was rocked that year by hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma, totaling about $328 ...

Some parts of the billion-dollar disaster tool are pretty colorful. It has a map of the U.S. with different icons — a thunder cloud for severe weather, a kind of purple funnel for a tornado.

The costliest year for weather disasters was 2017, NOAA said, with $383 billion in damage. This was because of a disastrous wildfire season in California along with Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

The cost of the damage from billion-dollar disasters is so extensive for 2024 that NOAA is still tallying up the final numbers on several events, Adam Smith, an applied climatologist at NOAA, told ...

FEMA’s Risk Index ranks every U.S. county by disaster risk, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Here’s what it reveals—and how to use it.

After a few frightening incidents seeing family and friends collapse in Phoenix's grueling heat, Ashton Dolce, 17, began to ...