extreme weather

Is it possible to prepare for disaster? Writer Jason Daley has some advice on how to be ready for everything from a tornado to a plague.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is now suspending projects in tornado-damaged areas to pay for relief efforts for Hurricane Irene.

The drought in Texas is expected to extend into next year. In Somalia, 29,000 children have died of thirst and famine as a result of a record drought.

Texas saw another day of triple digit temps Friday– with no relief in sight.

From floods to blizzards to wildfires, droughts and tornadoes, 2011 has seen some of the most extreme weather in decades. What’s fueling Mother Nature’s fury and can climate change alone explain the reason we are seeing more devastating and destructive storms?

Residents of more than a dozen communities in central and western Massachusetts woke up to widespread destruction Thursday, after devastating tornadoes ripped through the state Wednesday, killing at least three people, snapping trees and crushing buildings.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, is grappling with a string of natural disasters across the country. What is the agency doing to avoid the kinds of mistakes that plagued it in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina?

The tornado threat is expected to be highest today in eastern Arkansas, central and eastern Missouri, central and southern Illinois, and western Kentucky and Tennessee, following deadly tornadoes in the area yesterday and Sunday.

Residents in the South affected by last month’s historic tornadoes are out again today salvaging what they can of their belongings after a spell of rain and cold.

We speak with one woman who is using Facebook to help families get back their mementos, lost in last month’s tornadoes.