In Focus

By October 1, a total of 46,279 wildfires had burned more than 5.9 million acres across the U.S. in 2021.

Significant flooding occurred when low pressure system “Bernd” parked itself over central Europe in mid-July 2021.

The year 1356 may seem a long time ago, but in terms of the geologic time scale, it is very recent.

Catastrophes worldwide are expected to cost society roughly USD 380 billion each year.

Hurricane Matthew, the 2016 Atlantic season’s most powerful hurricane, made four landfalls, the last as a U.S. Category 1 storm.

A lot has changed since we last wrote about the opioid epidemic in summer of 2018

Over the past 18 months the cost of construction materials has been volatile.

Hurricanes are associated in most people’s minds with powerful winds and the damage they can inflict.

Dry, hot conditions ravaged large parts of Canada throughout 2021—setting a new Canadian record.

Catastrophic flooding in the U.S., most recently Hurricane Ida–related, has dominated the news lately.