The catastrophe was caused by a perfect storm of difficult-to-forecast rainfall and fast-moving water. Some wonder if budget cuts made things worse.

Most Americans fear extreme weather is getting worse, a new USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, a concern underscored by the rising ...

Nearly 150 million Americans are living under extreme heat warnings and advisories this week as some fear recent staff and funding cuts under the Trump administration could hurt the federal response.

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ attitudes toward and experiences with extreme weather. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,085 U.S. adults from April 28 to May 4, 2025.

Nearly 40 percent of Americans experienced extreme weather last year — and those who did were more likely to be concerned about climate change, according to new polling. Gallup found that 37 ...

Beyond the terminations, some of the National Weather Service’s most experienced forecasters took the so-called “fork-in-the-road” buyout offered to all federal employees in late January.

Political scientist Jesse Rhodes speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the latest results of the UMass Amherst poll on Americans’ attitudes about Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

The fear of corrupt government officials tops the list, as it has for the previous nine years. Americans are also very fearful about loved ones becoming seriously ill or dying, nuclear war ...

Extreme weather is pressuring local budgets, sticking Americans with the bill and putting the $4 trillion market for state and local bonds at the center of the climate-change fight.

One in four Americans (25%) ranked risks of rising costs, loss of insurance, or damages due to extreme weather or natural disasters as one of the top three risks to their retirement income.

The year 2023 brought record-breaking billion-dollar weather disasters, which took a tremendous financial and personal toll on Americans nationwide. As extreme weather continues to make headlines, a ...