Grist reports that 1 in 4 U.S. homes face severe climate risk, driving up insurance costs and impacting affordability amid extreme weather events.

The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters Database, which the Trump administration ”retired” in May, has relaunched outside the government — and found the most expensive half-year on record.

This year’s extreme weather disasters have wreaked so much destruction that they collectively eclipse the annual GDP of more ...

After months of uncertainty over its future, an online resource for tracking the financial cost of weather and climate ...

Amid more frequent wildfires, hurricanes, and floods, Consumer Reports argues homeowner protections should be codified across all 50 states.

Extreme weather events have always shaped the course of history, altering civilizations, economies, and even the landscape of Earth. While you may not think about it daily, these natural occurrences ...

As the frequency and ferocity of extreme weather events from wildfires to floods grows, the U.S. public is becoming more ...

Climate Central revived the federal list of billion-dollar disasters, another example of nonprofits providing data the ...

But earlier this year, a key federal dataset tracking billion-dollar disasters went dark after Trump Administration cuts.

By investing in business resiliency and disaster preparedness, companies can begin to limit the extent of the financial ...

Travellers are generally advised to take out insurance as early as they can, and there’s a good reason for doing that when it ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It is published with support from the CO2 Foundation. Extreme ...