173 years of United States hurricane landfalls
The wonderful map designed and hand plotted by Michael Ferragamo of the hurricane landfalls on the United States coastline from…
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Devastating flooding in Taree, New South Wales May 2025
Taree on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia has a long recorded history of being prone to…
The Impact of DANA – Extreme Rainfall and Flooding in Southern and Eastern Spain October 2024
It is hard to represent in words the sheer magnitude of the extreme rainfall event that brought devastating floods to…
Most Expensive Weather Disasters of 2024
In 2024, the planet experienced 58 billion-dollar weather disasters, making it the second-highest year on record, following only 2023.
2024: The Hottest Year On Record Infographic
2024 surpassed 2023 as the hottest year on record with average global temperatures based on the analysis of various organizations of between 1.46 and 1.62 °C above pre-industrial levels.
What is Extreme Weather?
In using the term ‘Extreme Weather’ we refer to severe and unusual weather conditions that significantly deviate from expected climate patterns or are of a higher intensity. These events, including heatwaves, extreme cold, storms, extreme rainfall and floods, droughts, and wildfires. Such events can be highly destructive, posing risks to human life, infrastructure, and ecosystems.
A Unique 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season – Infographic
2024 saw a highly active, unique and destructive hurricane season with a variety of of records broken.