Climate Central

Now at Climate Central: U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

Attribution researches the influence of climate change on local weather and impacts. We issues alerts in many instances when the Climate Shift Index identifies a notable extreme weather event around ...
The New York Times

Michigan’s Dam Crisis Shows Decay of U.S. Infrastructure, Whitmer Says

Workers in Cheboygan hurried to shore up a dam in danger of being overtopped, part of a “slow-moving disaster” threatening communities across the state. By Billy WitzSam Easter and Amy Graff Sam ...
Dawn

Governance gaps weaken Pakistan’s climate disaster response, report warns

ISLAMABAD: Persistent governance failures and weak community-level systems continue to undermine Pakistan’s ability to prepare for and respond to climate disasters, a new report has warned, calling ...
The Hill

Interactive map shows how vulnerable your neighborhood is to disaster

(NEXSTAR) – Think you live in a safe neighborhood? An interactive map from the U.S. Census Bureau may change your mind about just how safe it is where you live. The map isn’t tracking things like ...
Orange County Register

A look back at the world’s worst nuclear power plant disaster

Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union. The Chernobyl disaster is the worst nuclear ...
The Conversation

Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation campaign over nuclear disaster

On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting a safety test. Doomed by a fatal design flaw and pushed to the limit by human negligence, reactor 4 exploded ...
The New York Times

40 Years After the Meltdown, War Layers Another Disaster on Chernobyl

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable future, it will be an army-controlled security belt. A Ukrainian soldier taking ...
The Guardian

‘Racism is a cancer’: Indigenous leaders condemn orchestrated booing at Anzac Day ceremonies

Uncle Jack Pearson, an army captain, says heckling ‘not in the Anzac spirit’ after welcome to country booed in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth Indigenous speakers booed at services while Ben Roberts-Smith ...
Dawn

In pictures: How the shooting at White House correspondents' dinner unfolded

A gunman fired shots in the hotel hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, causing United States President Donald Trump and his cabinet to be rushed out before the ...
The Guardian

Inside Chornobyl: 40 years after disaster, nuclear site still at risk in Russia’s war

In February 2025, a cheap Russian drone tore through Chornobyl’s confinement shelter. Workers warn the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is not safe yet The dosimeter clipped to your chest ...
KOAT Albuquerque

Disaster declaration in Mora County due to flooding

AND WE START IN NORTHERN MORA COUNTY. RESIDENTS ARE UNDER AN EMERGENCY DISASTER DECLARATION BECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD FLOODING. VIEWERS HAVE BEEN SHOWING US WHAT THEY’RE EXPERIENCING. LIKE THE PERSON WHO ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Thousands attend Anzac Day services across Perth and WA, a few moved on for booing

Political leaders and the RSL have condemned disruptions at WA Anzac Day services, after booing during a Welcome to Country in Perth and a heckler in Busselton, with police issuing 14 move-on notices.