extreme weather

A peer-reviewed paper proposes that the top 21 polluting companies pay $5.4 trillion over 26 years to compensate for climate damages.

The World Meteorological Organization said last year really was as bad as it seemed when people were muddling through it. And about as bad as it gets — until more warming kicks in.

The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.

On March 29, Vanuatu, along with more than 115 other co-sponsoring countries, will table a proposed resolution at the United Nations General Assembly requesting an advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice.

A few commonly used weather terms and their definitions, which rely on material from the National Weather Service.

Scientists say the phenomenon, coupled with the growing climate crisis, is likely to push global temperatures off the charts.

Faith-based groups in Ontario and Alberta are helping their communities deal with the ravages of climate change.

Tackling the threat of landslides in soaked California. They are no quick fixes. And they don't come cheap.

Friederike Otto, a member of the world’s only rapid reaction force of climate scientists, on looking into the apocalypse of extreme weather.

More than 1,000 trees have fallen in Sacramento since the New Year's Eve storm, said Gabby Miller, a spokesperson for the city’s Department of Public Works.

In a world getting used to extreme weather, 2023 is starting out more bonkers than ever and meteorologists are saying it’s natural weather weirdness with a bit of help from human-caused climate change.

In a world getting used to extreme weather, 2023 is starting out more bonkers than ever and meteorologists are saying it’s natural weather weirdness with a bit of help from human-caused climate change.

Lengthy power outages that have left some Quebecers in the dark for days have exposed the province's lack of preparedness for the green energy transition to come, an expert said Wednesday.

Some are calling the weather set to hit Ontario over the holidays the storm of the century. But this is just one of the many ‘storms of the century’ to hit Canada in the last few decades, says one expert.

"Fiona was a large-scale, high-impact storm -- likely the most damaging hurricane in Canadian history in terms of insurance costs with initial estimates of $700 million," Dave Phillips said in his 27th annual rundown.