Helene’s intense rains didn’t just threaten homes and lives with rising floodwaters but also spawned fatal landslides.

Hurricane Helene, which struck the US, Cuba and Mexico in September, caused at least $55bn in losses as well as 232 ...

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The US alone suffered almost 71 per cent of the losses from 10 worst disasters. The country was hit by so many costly storms throughout the year that, even when hurricanes are removed, they caused ...

In total, parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee were impacted by Hurricane Helene. Helene was the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland United States ...

The climate crisis took a hefty economic toll in 2024, with just 10 disasters causing over $200bn in damage, according to a new report by Christian Aid. The report, released on Monday, lists the ...

As the storm moved inland, it weakened but remained at hurricane strength into Georgia. The worst damage occurred in the western regions of the Carolinas, where rain-swollen rivers led to historic ...

CEDAR KEY, Fla.—Timothy Solano could feel the dread rise within him as he sat with his wife and three young children in the family’s Cadillac Escalade on the two-lane causeway leading into ...