Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires can strike almost anywhere, but not all states are equally vulnerable. Some parts of the US are far less likely to experience major natural disasters.

Climate Central works alongside NOAA to catalog and evaluate natural disasters in the United States. MAGA reacts to new video from deadly Minneapolis ICE shooting Angry Trump called GOP dissidents ...

Three hours before dawn on February 6, 2023, a 29-year-old pastrymaker named Nuri Imren woke to the sound of his sister screaming. His family’s high-rise apartment in the Turkish city of Antakya was ...

A record-setting 21 thunderstorm events each caused at least $1 billion in damages, a sign that more people and property are in harm’s way. By Scott Dance Reporting from Washington In 2025, frequent ...

Damages totaled $115 billion last year, according to Climate Central. The United States experienced nearly two dozen billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, causing at least 276 ...

It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, the costliest fire outbreak in US history ‒ helped push the nation's ...

Last year began with the costliest wildfires in American history, as a series of blazes tore across Los Angeles for nearly all of January. A parade of other catastrophes followed: severe storms across ...