Weather & Natural Disasters

NASA launched a weather satellite into space for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Tuesday for tracking environmental hazards in the western U.S.

Haitians left hungry and homeless by a devastating earthquake are rushing relief shipment trucks and in some cases stealing desperately needed supplies

Hurricane Grace temporarily knocked back to tropical storm force, is heading for a second landfall in Mexico.

The floods in China and Europe are yet “another body blow” for global supply chains, the CEO of a shipping firm told CNBC on Monday.

The fatal floods in Germany in recent weeks have put the impacts of climate change firmly in the spotlight again.

The Western U.S. is facing drought conditions that are straining water resources, hurting agriculture and providing a fertile ground for wildfires.

Zhengzhou, in China’s central Henan province, has been hit with torrential rain and intense flooding reportedly causing at least 12 deaths.

The death roll rose above 150 on Saturday, according to media reports, with that figure expected to rise as the flood waters recede.

The Amazon once absorbed more carbon than it released, but it now accounts for more than 1 billion metric tons of emissions every year.

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava signed an emergency order authorizing the demolition of a 12-story condominium building that partially collapsed.

The search and rescue effort paused for lightning and tropical weather conditions at the site of the collapsed condo in Surfside, Florida.

Major U.S. airlines are waiving change fees for several Florida cities as Tropical Storm Elsa approaches the state.

Elsa weakened to a tropical storm force but continued to plow toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday.

Potential hurricane winds could further complicate the ongoing search-and-rescue operations at the collapsed building in Florida, engineer Richard Slider said.

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