Capital Weather Gang From ferocious fires to a historic hurricane season, 2020 took weather to new extremes The most memorable and severe U.S. weather events of the year.

Extreme wildfires, hurricanes, heat waves, and flood-inducing storms battered all regions of the US in 2020. The interactive map below shows the weather events and disasters that set records this ...

It seems the year will go out on an extreme high. 2020 was alarming, unforgettable and traumatic – and not only because of COVID-19.

What’s behind August 2020’s extreme weather? Climate change and bad luck The month of August alone has brought hurricanes, wildfires and a derecho ...

The severe weather events of 2020 are part of a larger trend—the frequency of extreme weather conditions in the U.S. is on the rise as climate change accelerates.

Extreme heat kills more people every year than all other serious weather events. Dangerously high temperatures can quickly overwhelm victims without much warning and can cause death or grave ...

Human-induced climate change fueled one of the most active hurricane seasons on record in 2020, with rainfall totals up to 10% higher than in the pre-industrial era, according to a new study.

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is now among the 10 most active seasons in more than five decades following Hurricane Iota's intensification into a Category 5 earlier this week. Since satellite ...

Extreme weather and climate events causing extensive damage are a fact of the Canadian climate, and this year is no exception.

2020 was alarming, unforgettable and traumatic – and not only because of COVID-19. Lethal natural hazards are increasing in frequency under our changing climate, and 2020 is a testament to that.