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Deadly Central Europe Flooding Made Twice as Likely by Climate Change
Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood and intensified the heavy rains that led to devastating flooding in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found. Torrential rain in ...
Historic Rainfall Inflicts Chaotic Floods Across Four Continents
Severe rains bucketed down on central Europe, Africa, Shanghai and the U.S. Carolinas this week, underscoring the extreme ways in which climate change is altering the weather. Different ...
Signs of Climate Change Seen Globally: Floods, Fires, Drought
The hallmarks of climate change—extreme heat and drought; larger, more intense wildfires and supercharged hurricanes, typhoons and rainstorms that lead to catastrophic flooding—are being seen and ...
Consequences From Climate Change Now Affect Every Region of U.S.
Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans' daily lives with harm that is "already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States," a massive new government report says. ...
Piercing Through Rain, Smoke and Fog: How Radar Satellites See Catastrophes
The integration of new technologies into the claims ecosystem is gathering pace as insurance and reinsurance organizations seek to enhance both the speed and accuracy of payments. One example is the ...
Hilary’s Rains Reach California
Tropical Storm Hilary made landfall along the Baja peninsula Sunday, with the rare Pacific storm set to pummel Northern Mexico, Southern California and the U.S. Southwest with torrential rains and ...
Unsyncopated Clocks: ‘Fire and Flood’ Book Highlights Insurers’ Climate-Change Late Show
Scientists have been sounding the climate-change alarm for decades. But despite these dire warnings, a large swath of the public still refuses to believe, and both policymakers and businesses have ...
Counting the Rising Cost of Climate Change: The Most Costly Natural Disasters
Climate change has raised the cost of natural disasters, as rising sea levels and drought increase the frequency and severity of flooding and wildfires, insurers and risk ...
Four in Five of World’s Cities at Risk From Heat Waves, Floods, Droughts: Study
Four in five cities across the world are facing significant climate hazards such as heat waves, floods and droughts, data from environmental disclosure non-profit CDP ...