Climate Scientists explore whether to add a "Category 6" designation for hurricanes Climate change is making powerful hurricanes more common. That may require adding a new official designation for the more intense storms, a new study suggests. Rebecca Hersher
Latin America Mexico's Acapulco grows desperate for help after Hurricane Otis ravaged the area The Category 5 storm slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast early Wednesday, killing at least 27 people, with at least four still missing. James Fredrick
Environment What's the connection between climate change and hurricanes? Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida. Here are some ways climate change is reshaping tropical cyclones like it Alejandra Borunda
National How climate change could cause a home insurance meltdown It's increasingly expensive and difficult to get home insurance, as losses rise from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes. And the solutions aren't always politically popular. Michael Copley Rebecca Hersher Nathan Rott
Climate El Niño has officially begun. Here's what that means for the U.S. The natural climate pattern known as El Niño has officially begun. It exacerbates human-caused climate change, driving even hotter temperatures and other dangerous weather. Rebecca Hersher
Climate NOAA predicts a 'near-normal' hurricane season. But that's not good news El Niño is coming, which usually means fewer storms. But abnormally warm ocean water makes hurricanes more likely. It's a rare situation Rebecca Hersher
Climate Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms The connection between weather and climate change has never been clearer. And simultaneous extremes, such as hot and dry weather together, are particularly dangerous. Rebecca Hersher
National Hurricane Ian makes landfall in southwest Florida as a category 4 storm The category 4 storm had sustained winds of 150 mph, just shy of category 5 status, before making landfall in Lee County. Dustin Jones
Science Researchers can now explain how climate change is affecting your weather For decades, it was impossible to say that a specific weather event was caused, or even made worse, by climate change. But advanced research methods are changing that. Rebecca Hersher
Climate Get ready for another destructive Atlantic hurricane season Federal forecasters expect more hurricanes than usual this year. Climate change is driving larger, more destructive storms. This is the seventh year in a row with an above-average forecast. Rebecca Hersher
