The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm taking shape east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even ...

Flash floods resulting from extreme rainfall pose a major risk to people and infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Higher temperatures due to global climate change affect continuous rainfall and ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — In the wake of recent catastrophic flooding in central Texas that claimed over 120 lives, many are beginning to examine the broader climate-related trends contributing to these ...

This is part of the Disaster 101 toolkit, a comprehensive guide to extreme weather preparation, response, and recovery. Extreme weather seems to make the headlines almost every week, as disasters ...

The NEXT Weather team breaks down four types of precipitation and what conditions create each one.

In 2025, carbon pollution made 89% of record high daily temperatures set across 247 major U.S. cities more likely — and influenced risky extreme heat events around the globe. Hurricane Melissa, the ...

Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is responsible for approximately 74.5% of the reduction in rainfall and 16.5% of the temperature increase in the biome during the dry season. For the first time, ...

People wade through a flooded market in South Sudan in 2024. Heavy rains over several years have contributed to a widespread humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. People affected by the negative effects ...

Food accounts for about one-quarter of all human-caused heat-trapping pollution. Meanwhile, extreme events fueled by our warming climate are impacting every stage of the food supply chain and driving ...

Around the world, we are already witnessing the detrimental effects of climate change, which we know will only become more severe. Extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall, tropical cyclones, and ...