Firefighting costs rise, warming worsens
Price exceeds $1B annually to suppress blazes
DATE: Jul 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Doyle Rice
Big city twister could be catastrophic
A single violent tornado could cause as much as $20 billion in property damage – and countless casualties and deaths – if it hit a big city such as downtown Chicago, according to a report re...
DATE: Jul 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Quake risk in U.S. growing
Survey shows tremors more likely in East
DATE: Jul 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Are landslides on rise?
The search for the three men feared dead in a massive western Colorado landslide last weekend was called off early Wednesday, as authorities feared the search could trigger yet another slide...
DATE: May 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Drought grows worse throughout the West
Drought spread and/or intensified this week in seven western and central states, including California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma, according to this week’s U.S. ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Winter damage toll tops $5 billion – so far
With close to $5 billion in damages – so far – the U.S.’s damage total from the fierce winter of 2013-14 is about $2 billion above average, according to data from Aon Benfield, a global rein...
DATE: Mar 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Brrr! Record lows beat highs
In 2013, colder temperatures more common in U.S.
DATE: Jan 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth
Tornado outbreak cost could exceed $1 billion
The cost of the deadly and devastating tornado and severe weather outbreak Sunday in the Midwest could top $1 billion, according to RMS, a risk management firm.
Although damage es...
DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Report: Flooding was ‘unprecedented’
The flood that ravaged Colorado earlier this month was “unprecedented,” according to a preliminary assessment issued by government and university scientists Wednesday.
The report,...
DATE: Sep 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Tokyo tops list of cities most at risk of disasters
Though Godzilla isn’t listed as a threat, Tokyo has the dubious distinction of being the world’s most vulnerable city when it comes to natural disasters, according to a report released Wedne...
DATE: Sep 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Globe swelters through 5th-warmest summer on record
The world had its fifth-warmest summer since records began in 1880, the National Climatic Data Center reported Tuesday.
Specifically, the temperature over global land and ocean su...
DATE: Sep 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Arctic sea ice nears annual summer minimum
Sea ice in the Arctic will reach its annual minimum “any day now,” says Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, which tracks Arctic ice.
Although not near...
DATE: Sep 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
