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Extreme rains are expected to increase significantly across nearly the entire continental United States, according to a government study that provides a highly detailed picture of wetter storms to come with climate change. -
Climate change may be compounding the widespread flooding that followed Hermine, according to researchers. There’s likely more of the same to come: North Atlantic hurricanes have increased in intensity, frequency and duration since the early 1980s. -
President Barack Obama is to visit flood-ravaged Louisiana today in the wake of inundating high water that killed 13 people and left more than 100,000 seeking federal assistance. -
A months-long drought has hit the northeastern United States, and while it’s not as dire as the West Coast’s five-year dry spell, it has stressed farms, prompted water restrictions and threatened more wildfires. -
Intense and early summer fire seasons may now be the new normal as persistent hot, dry conditions compound years of drought to worsen seasonal wildfires. -
Dig deeper on the flood risk and response story using the more than three-dozen flood-related resources in the Reporter’s Guide to Climate Adaptation database. -
If you’re not one of the seemingly countless reporters or editors lucky enough to cover the United Nations’ climate summit in Paris, not to worry — you can track the negotiations readily from afar.
Donald W. Reynolds