Map of the U.S. showing 11 weather and climate disasters each costing $1 billion or more that occurred between January and May, 2024. Graphic: NOAA / NCEI

Billion-dollar disasters swept across the U.S. in Spring 2024

By Meredith Garofalo 13 June 2024 (Space.com) – Two severe weather events in May brought the number of billion-dollar disasters for the United States in 2024 up to nearly a dozen.  The month began with a tornado outbreak from May 6 to May 10 that stretched across 23 states, going from South Dakota to Florida. […]

Tornado sightings and events in the U.S., 2010-2024. The graph shows that 2024 tornado reports by June were well above the 15-year mean, below only 2011, and just above 2019 numbers. Graphic: National Weather Service

2024’s violent tornado season has been one of the most active on record

By William Gallus 26 June 2024 (The Conversation) – Spring 2024 was unnerving for people across large parts of the U.S. as tornado warnings and sirens sent them scrambling for safety. More than 1,100 tornadoes were reported through May − a preliminary number but nearly twice the 30-year average at that point and behind only 2011, when deadly […]

A Guadalupe Virgin statue lays among the rubble of the destroyed home of Juana Landeros, who rode out a deadly tornado with her husband and her 9-year-old son when it rolled through the previous night, Sunday, 26 May 2024, in Valley View, Texas. Powerful storms left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where drivers took shelter during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. Photo: Julio Cortez / AP Photo

23 are dead across the U.S. after weekend tornadoes, Texas battered again

By John Seewer 28 May 2024 (AP News) – Strong storms with damaging winds and hail pummeled north Texas on Tuesday morning as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 23 people during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Widespread power outages were reported in the region, which includes […]

Map of confirmed tornadoes and tornado warnings by the National Weather Service during the tornado outbreak of 6-9 May 2024. Map produced in QGIS. National Weather Service warning outlines available from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet and tornado data available from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Graphic: Wxtrackercody / Wikipedia

How “kitty cats” are wrecking the home insurance industry – “What we’ve missed is that it wasn’t a big event that had a big impact, it was a bunch of small surprise events that just added up”

By Jake Bittle 16 May 2024 (Grist) – The rising cost of homeowner’s insurance is now one of the most prominent symptoms of climate change in the United States. Major carriers like State Farm and Allstate have pulled back from offering fire insurance in California, dropping thousands of homeowners from their books, and dozens of small […]

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