The need to boost resilience to rapid swings in weather is becoming urgent
Presidential interventions increase pressure on agencies managing constrained supplies
Aardvark prediction model developers hope system will ‘democratise’ the powerful technology for developing nations
Reinsurance trade group lobbies US commerce secretary about potential impact to monitoring hurricanes and drought conditions
Developers are constructing more in high-risk areas — illustrating the twin challenges of adapting to severe weather while addressing a housing shortage
Predictions for up to 15 days ahead expected to improve tracking of extreme events
People exiled from the town of Saraqib rejoiced when the Assad regime fell. Then they went home — and found ruins
Amid the devastation of the LA wildfires, cultural institutions are assessing a near future of increasingly extreme conditions
Record rainfall and rising sea levels are prompting fresh thinking on urban protection measures
Environment secretary Steve Reed tells FT previous Tory administration committed a ‘dereliction of duty’
Air pollution, which has masked the true extent of global warming, is declining, warns James Hansen
EU regulator Hielkema says governments and banks will struggle to pay for natural disasters
Climate change caused primarily by fossil fuel burning had increased the likelihood of the California fires, scientists say
Global warming will lead to 2.3mn additional temperature-related fatalities in most extreme scenario, research finds
Nationalist Vox party has seized on ‘visceral’ public reaction to mishandling of floods, says transport minister
Warnings of flash floods in charred southern California follow a once in a lifetime freeze in Gulf states
Storm, floods and fires have shifted the balance of risk and reward for many. Yet, even in the face of spiralling insurance and falling house values, our emotional and cultural ties have a high premium
Tens of thousands of residents under evacuation order while city braces for possible mudslides this weekend
The city is pushing to rebuild areas devasted by wildfires. But the costs and the mounting risks of future disasters are hard to overcome
Firms intended to backstop frontline insurers raised rates and increased recovery thresholds after losses on prior blazes
After strikes and the pandemic, studios hoped for a rebound in 2025. Then LA was set ablaze
As extreme blazes happen more frequently, the sector faces costly litigation and damages to infrastructure
Hot meals and hotel discounts for evacuees, first-responder donations, and charities sheltering animals
Unwise policies worsened the damage, and insurance squeeze, from wildfires
We are mounting 20th-century responses to 21st-century weather
