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Extreme climate disasters cause record-breaking USD 120 billion losses in 2025

Climate disasters cost the world over USD 120 billion in 2025. Heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and powerful storms caused more than USD 120 billion in damage worldwide, according to a new report on ...
Medical Daily

Extreme Heat Kills More Americans Than Any Weather Disaster, but It Has Never Received a Federal Disaster Declaration

Mississippi awarded more than $104 million in federal rural health grants across 167 projects. Where the money goes and why rural access matters. Rural Virginia Paramedics Make Home Visits to Cut ...
Phys.org

Key facts about the long-term impacts of extreme weather and disasters

How do extreme weather events and disasters affect communities long term? Solomon Hsiang discusses the impacts on economic growth and health, and how research can improve emergency management and ...
AOL

Lawmakers introduce bill to classify extreme heat as a disaster

There have been 27 major disaster declarations issued by President Trump so far in 2025. The disasters range in size and scope, from the L.A. wildfires to Midwest tornadoes and the Texas flooding as ...
Center for American Progress

How Trump’s Cuts to FEMA and NWS Are Leaving Communities Defenseless Against Extreme Weather Disasters

Federal agencies help Americans prepare for, survive, and recover from extreme weather disasters, but the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service, Corporation for Public ...