Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Throughout my life, I have witnessed many extreme weather events, including blizzards, hurricanes, and nor’easters, and have even ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR station. Weather-wise, the days after a hurricane tears through are often gorgeous: sunny, cloudless, calm.

Something has shifted in the American weather landscape, and the numbers make it hard to argue otherwise. The past three years rank highest for the annual number of billion-dollar disasters on record: ...