From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Over the past five years, the U.S. has experienced an ...

The bill would create a national weather safety board to investigate deadly disasters and recommend changes for the future.

It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, the costliest fire outbreak in US history ‒ helped push the nation's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This map of the United States shows the approximate location for each of the 23 weather-related disasters that caused at least a ...

USDA is launching the next phase of its Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP), aimed at farmers who suffered losses from natural disasters in 2023 and 2024. This new round — Stage 2 — was ...

Last year was the third-highest year on record for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, according to new data from Climate Central. There were 23 such events in 2025, causing 276 fatalities ...

The United States experienced nearly two dozen billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, causing at least 276 fatalities and costing a total of $115 billion in damages. For the first time, ...

From tornadoes and hurricanes to wildfires and floods, weather and climate disasters cause billions of dollars in damage, on top of their steep human toll. Those costs could rise sharply in the years ...

Charred homes and burnt cars are pictured amid the rubble of the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 13, 2025. Charred homes and burnt cars are ...

Despite avoiding a landfall by a major hurricane last year, the United States still endured 23 weather-related disasters that caused at least a $1 billion in damage costs in 2025. The total ...