Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, tears through the Caribbean
Sep 5, 2017, 10:25 pm By Eric Holthaus
This story has been updated. Just days after Hurricane Harvey brought historic rainfall to parts of…Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, keeps getting stronger
Sep 5, 2017, 10:25 pm By Eric Holthaus
Just days after Hurricane Harvey brought historic rainfall to parts of Texas and Louisiana, another…After burning for months, Montana looks like a fiery apocalypse.
Sep 5, 2017, 4:47 pm By Kate Yoder
Governor Steve Bullock declared a statewide fire disaster for the third time on Saturday and called…Rain in Seattle is normal. Raining ash, however, is not.
Sep 5, 2017, 4:44 pm By Manola Secaira
Fires have been raging throughout the West all summer. But this morning, Seattleites awakened to…Yikes, 13 of Houston’s Superfund sites flooded during Harvey.
Sep 5, 2017, 4:16 pm By Amelia Urry
An AP reporter visited seven sites on Thursday, and found that all were underwater. One site, the…How I learned to stop worrying and deal with climate change
Sep 5, 2017, 5:05 am By Eve Andrews
A reader recently wrote me to say she has given up. She is done. Our reader is a relentless recycler…Harvey is changing the way we feed people during disasters
6:11pm By Jessica Leigh Hester
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Harvey stirs up the way we feed people during disasters
6:11pm By Jessica Leigh Hester
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Hurricane Irma is a monster storm. Here’s where it might be headed.
5:51pm By Eric Holthaus
As the remnants of what was once Hurricane Harvey move mercifully away from Texas, forecasters are…Hurricane Irma is a monster storm. Here’s where it might be headed.
5:51pm By Eric Holthaus
As the remnants of what was once Hurricane Harvey continue to move mercifully away from Texas,…Harvey stirs up a toxic, industrial soup
5:31pm By Amelia Urry
Texas is home to 28 oil refineries, more than any other state, along with half of U.S. chemical…Harvey stirs up a toxic, industrial soup
5:31pm By Amelia Urry
Texas is home to 28 oil refineries, more than any other state, along with half of U.S. chemical…Can we not talk about Hurricane Harvey’s effect on car sales right now?
4:26pm By Grist staff
Especially if we don’t know what to say about it yet? Here’s a screenshot of a Google search for…A flooded chemical plant near Houston is just going to keep exploding.
4:01pm By Kate Yoder
On Thursday, explosions and black plumes of smoke were seen coming from a chemical plant in Crosby,…Trump’s Harvey aid donation is a drop in the bucket, compared to the storm’s real price tag.
2:52pm By Manola SecairaTrue, a $1 million donation isn’t anything to sneeze at (assuming he follows through with his…Helping Hurricane Harvey victims is a long game. Here’s where to start.
1:04pm By Ask Umbra®
Anyone trying to understand how, exactly, extreme weather affects different groups…Houston was built to flood. Here’s how to avoid building future Houstons.
Aug 31, 2017, 8:56 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Want to design a city to maximize flood damage? Start on very flat land — any kind of slope will…For the third time, one undocumented Houston family fled a hurricane
Aug 31, 2017, 7:14 pm By Gus Bova
Both undocumented Mexican immigrants, Lorenzo and Paulina fled Houston Friday with their three…How Trump made it harder to rebuild a safe Houston
Aug 31, 2017, 5:38 pm By Rebecca Leber
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of…Explosions strike chemical plant after floods in Crosby, Texas
Aug 31, 2017, 4:45 pm By Jim Malewitz
The owner of a flooded-out chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, said early Thursday it received reports…
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