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Severe storms forced delays at America 250 events in Washington, D.C., as lightning and heavy rain sent crowds scrambling for shelter, disrupting planned celebrations and security logistics.
A powerful but unseen climate pattern is intensifying rainfall, swelling rivers and triggering destructive floods across the United States, a Washington Post analysis reveals.
From the Great Galveston Hurricane to Hurricane Katrina and beyond, the most devastating storms and droughts have reshaped communities, policy, and the U.S. economy.
Severe storms, flooding and power outages disrupted events marking the US’s 250th anniversary, forcing cancellations, travel delays and emergency responses across multiple states.
As record-breaking storms, fires and floods batter communities, officials race to test disaster plans, expose gaps in infrastructure, and rethink resilience in a rapidly warming world.
From record-shattering hurricanes to deadly heat waves, the 2010s delivered some of the most extreme weather in U.S. history. Here are 10 events that redefined climate risk.
The U.S. has endured five 1,000-year rain events in just five weeks, raising urgent questions about climate change, infrastructure resilience and the growing risks of extreme weather.
Forecasters warn of chaotic U.S. weather as a blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river unfold simultaneously, straining infrastructure and challenging emergency planners.
Washington state faces destructive floods, forcing evacuations and road closures, as the Midwest prepares for a dangerous arctic blast bringing life-threatening cold and heavy snow.
A powerful atmospheric river is drenching the Pacific north-west, bringing intense rain, flooding and landslide risk as experts warn climate change may be amplifying these storm events.
Heavy rains triggered fresh flooding across western Washington, swamping neighborhoods still recovering from the destructive 2021 storms and forcing new evacuations and road closures.
Washington state is grappling with “historic” flooding as relentless storms inundate communities, forcing evacuations, swamping roads and raising concerns over infrastructure and safety.