In one study, these particles from high-altitude wildfire smoke created a dramatic cooling effect not accounted for in current climate models. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, not NOAA, flew into the December 2025 atmospheric river that caused historic flooding in Western Washington. Earlier this week, we ...

Conference championship weekend has arrived in college football and with it has come the one thing every coach preaches against on a near daily basis: distractions. More media appearances, more ...

Back in April, scientists read the tea leaves — or, more accurately, heaps of data — and predicted an above-average hurricane season over the summer and autumn, with nine or 10 named storms, four of ...

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes on Nov. 30. Although forecasters initially predicted an above-average season, it ended up being closer to an average season, and none of the ...

This is what rain can do in New York City. In July, Jessica Louise Dye was on the subway when she recorded a video of a “cascading wall of water coming at us.” Scenes like these are becoming more and ...

WASHINGTON — While it may have seemed like a quiet hurricane season for the United States, the 2025 Atlantic season produced its share of strong and devastating hurricanes. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Hurricane Melissa has officially made more history. During a Hurricane Hunter mission a dropsonde measured a wind gust of 252 mph. After an extensive review process, the U.S. National ...

Hurricane hunters fly into atmospheric rivers to gather data satellites and surface sensors can't reach, which helps Northwest meteorologists refine local forecasts. Johnson shifts strategy on Epstein ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Relief efforts continue across Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean, destroying 100,000 homes and leaving more than 45 people dead. Among the groups helping ...

Scientists working to learn why some tropical storms suddenly intensify to become devastating major hurricanes say it’s important to learn all they can about each one because opportunities to study ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News, ...