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Wild U.S. Weather Switcheroo Could Further Soak Midwest, Dry Out South

Different parts of the U.S. are set to see wildly disparate weather conditions next week, potentially rattling energy and agricultural markets. A potentially record-setting heat wave will probably ...

Extreme Weather Makes Weather Trackers Valuable to Insurers, Banks, Commodity Traders

Every uptick in wind speed along the Gulf of Mexico shoreline is of enormous interest to Mike Eilts. The senior vice president for weather at DTN, a Minnesota-based analytics firm, knows that an ...

January Winter Storms, Extreme Cold Caused $1B in U.S. Econ Losses: Aon

January's cluster of winter storms and extreme cold have likely caused $1 billion in economic losses in the United States, according to Aon's January 2019 Global Catastrophe Recap. A number of ...

This Year’s Thanksgiving Weather Risks: Fires, Flooding, Record Cold, Gusty Winds

Fires and flooding on the West Coast, record cold and gusty winds on the East Coast. Brace yourself for Thanksgiving week, 2018. Northern California could get as much as 7 inches (18 centimeters) of ...

La Nina Will Likely Fade by Springtime

The current La Niña weather cycle is likely to transition into more neutral conditions by spring, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ...

La Nina Will Likely Be Here Through Entire Winter

Looks like a potentially market-roiling La Nina will last through the new year, threatening to bring a colder, snowier winter to the northern U.S., drought to Latin America's soybean-growing regions ...