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Vietnam evacuates hundreds of thousands as typhoon Kajiki nears landfall

Associated Press 25 Aug 2025
Banner image of waves near Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour following Typhoon Wipha, July 20, 2025. Image by AP Photo/Vernon Yuen.

How science links extreme weather disasters to climate change: Interview with WWA’s Clair Barnes

Kristine Sabillo 25 Aug 2025
Banner image of motorists riding through a flooded road caused by heavy monsoon rain in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 10, 2025. Image by AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary.

Deadly monsoon rains in Pakistan made worse by climate change: Study

Kristine Sabillo 7 Aug 2025
Damaged road littered with broken tree branches after a heavy rain in the Miyun district in the outskirts of Beijing, China. Image © Mahesh Kumar A./AP.

At least 60 dead in northern China due to extreme rainfall and floods

Shanna Hanbury 1 Aug 2025
Person standing in front of a fallen tree.

Global warming is altering storms lightning, impacting tropical forests

Sean Mowbray 28 Jul 2025
Banner image of a heavy downpour after Tropical Storm Wipha caused intensified monsoon rains in Quezon City, Philippines, on July 21. Image by AP Photo/Aaron Favila.

Tropical Storm Wipha rampages through several Asian countries

Kristine Sabillo 22 Jul 2025
Most of the lightning strike victims tend to be farmers and fishers.

Study links surge in lightning disasters in Bangladesh to transboundary air pollution

Mahadi Al Hasnat 11 Jul 2025

NOAA delays the cutoff of key satellite data for hurricane forecasting

Associated Press 30 Jun 2025
Residents remove debris after the passing of Hurricane Erick, near Charco Redondo, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz)

Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead

Associated Press 23 Jun 2025
Banner image of Wutip as a severe tropical storm on June 14, 2025 by the Japan Meteorological Agency via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)

Typhoon Wutip ravages Asia with strong winds and flooding

Kristine Sabillo 17 Jun 2025
A snapper hunting silver fish in a mangrove patch.

One-two punch for mangroves as seas rise and cyclones intensify

Elizabeth Fitt 9 Jun 2025
Emergency workers wading through floodwaters as they prepare inflatable boats to effect rescues near Taree, Australia, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (NSW Police via AP)

Australia to see more intense rains as climate change worsens, analysis shows

Kristine Sabillo 6 Jun 2025
Rescuers evacuate people from a flooded hospital following landslides and flash flooding in India's northeast state of Manipur, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Donald Sairem)

Heavy rains inundate northeast India

Kristine Sabillo 6 Jun 2025
Banner image of Mokwa after the flooding, by the Nigerian National Emergency Management Agency via X.

Hundreds die after flash floods tear through Nigerian market town

Kristine Sabillo 5 Jun 2025
Banner image of a 2018 flood in Vietnam (for representation only) by Eleveneighteen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Heavy rainfall in Vietnam & China causes flash floods, landslides

Kristine Sabillo 20 May 2025
Banner image of severe thunderstorms over the central and southern U.S. via NOAA Satellites.

Deadly US rainfall in April 9% more intense due to climate change: Report

Kristine Sabillo 8 May 2025
Banner image of Pope Francis at Tacloban airport, courtesy of Benhur Arcayan/Malacanang Photo Bureau (Public domain).

Remembering Pope Francis and his visit to typhoon-hit Philippines

Kristine Sabillo 24 Apr 2025
Banner image of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo by Garcia-Pavilion via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

DRC’s Kinshasa could see deadly rain and floods every 2 years: Study

Kristine Sabillo 23 Apr 2025
Banner image of Cyclone Tam via New Zealand MetService.

Cyclone Tam brings widespread flooding to New Zealand for days

Kristine Sabillo 22 Apr 2025
Damage from the wind pictured in Beijing. Image from 飞蟹子/Weibo.

Typhoon-strength winds sweep across northern China, killing cyclist

Shanna Hanbury 15 Apr 2025
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Honduras pays the climate cost as its forests disappear and storms rise

Mie Hoejris Dahl 9 Apr 2025
Banner image of severe thunderstorms over the central and southern U.S. via NOAA Satellites.

Severe storms in US South and Midwest leave at least 24 dead

Kristine Sabillo 9 Apr 2025

As Acapulco’s mangroves disappear, Mexico takes strides to protect its coastal forests

Gonzalo Ortuño López 8 Apr 2025
Banner image of Cyclone Jude by NASA (Public Domain).

17 dead as Cyclone Jude wreaks havoc in East Africa

Kristine Sabillo 19 Mar 2025
Banner image of damaged causeway after Cyclone Alfred, by Aliceinthealice via Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Australia faces inflation, agriculture losses after Cyclone Alfred

Kristine Sabillo 18 Mar 2025
More than 200 people were killed in Valencia by the 2024 flood. The army joined rescue efforts in the worst flash floods ever to hit Spain, leaving victims in the ravaged region begging for aid.

A tale of two cities: What drove 2024’s Valencia and Porto Alegre floods?

Gerry McGovern, Sue Branford 12 Mar 2025
Banner image of Cyclone Alfred as it nears the Australian coast, by NASA via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Flash floods, blackouts and a ‘sharknado’ as Cyclone Alfred lashes Australia

Kristine Sabillo 11 Mar 2025
Banner image: Satellite image of Japan on Feb. 11 via Himawari Satellite, CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA.

Japan sees record snowfall as Australia braces for cyclone Zelia

Kristine Sabillo 11 Feb 2025

Brazil has seen a 460% increase in climate-related disasters since the 1990s

Letícia Klein 11 Feb 2025
Banner image of the recent bushfires in Victoria, courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory.

Australia reeling from floods in the north, bushfires in the south

Kristine Sabillo 4 Feb 2025
Banner image of Tropical Cyclone Faida from the Met Office.

Cyclone Elvis kills 5 in Madagascar as another storm approaches

Kristine Sabillo 4 Feb 2025
Banner image of St. Bernard's Church in Ireland following Storm Éowyn, by Riversting via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Explosive ‘bomb cyclone’ pummels Europe, hitting UK hardest

Kristine Sabillo 28 Jan 2025

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