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Intensifying Pace and Severity of Extreme Events Increases Risks of Compounding Disasters and Demands Rethinking of U.S. Emergency Management, Says New Report

WASHINGTON ― There is an urgent need to reimagine disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery strategies in the U.S., as intensifying climate and weather hazards cause successive and compounding ...
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Key facts about the long-term impacts of extreme weather and disasters

How do extreme weather events and disasters affect communities long term? Solomon Hsiang discusses the impacts on economic growth and health, and how research can improve emergency management and ...
CNN

Trump admin ends extreme weather database that has tracked cost of disasters since 1980

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday its well-known “billion-dollar weather and climate disasters” database “will be retired,” a move that will make it next to ...
Phys.org

Extreme weather: AI-assisted early warning system offers targeted disaster prevention

AI can assist early warning systems that predict impacts of extreme weather events such as droughts and heavy rainfall. The year 2024 once again clearly showed that Europe is especially vulnerable to ...
Yahoo

Lawmakers introduce bill to classify extreme heat as a disaster

There have been 27 major disaster declarations issued by President Trump so far in 2025. The disasters range in size and scope, from the L.A. wildfires to Midwest tornadoes and the Texas flooding as ...
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NOAA will stop tracking costs of extreme weather disasters

TWO DOZEN OTHER TRADE PARTNERS. WELL, NEW AT SIX. THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION WILL NO LONGER TRACK THE COST OF EXTREME WEATHER DISASTERS. THE FEDERAL AGENCY SAYS IT IS RETIRING ...