The 2024 total includes 17 severe weather events, four tropical cyclones, one wildfire and two winter storms. NOAA attributes ...

The last 365 days have been filled with extreme weather events, including powerful hurricanes and other natural disasters, ...

Storms left the small community facing an enormous reconstruction effort. What will the town look like—and who will be ...

Jan–Nov 2024 was the warmest such period on record—2.30°F (1.28°C) above the 20th-century average. According to the #NCEI ...

A major hurricane is a Category 3 or higher based on the Saffir-Simpson Scale of Hurricane Intensity and, according to previous USA TODAY reporting, only four Category 5 hurricanes have made landfall ...

While the winter storm that covered Evansville in about half an inch of ice and several inches of snow is a far cry from ...

In 2024, global warming hit a new high as temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C Paris Agreement threshold, highlighting urgent ...

Earth reached its warmest year on record in 2024, according to data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change ...

Hurricane Milton struck Florida’s west coast in October. Again, Milton’s rapid intensification into a Category 5 hurricane was surprising but it was the 46 tornadoes, three rated EF3 ...

While Hurricane Beryl formed in early July to become the earliest Atlantic Category 5 hurricane on record, we saw a significant lull of activity around August, normally the peak of the season ...

Of the 11 hurricanes, eight of them made landfall - five of those in the continental U.S. The season was also historic in many ways. There were two Category 5 storms, Beryl and Milton. Since 1950 ...