The Trump administration’s decision to end National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)’s billion-dollar disaster ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday it will archive its database of billion-dollar climate ...

Democratic Senator Adam Schiff on Tuesday urged Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Some politicians and outside experts have asserted in the past that the database, which shows an increase in disaster losses over time, reflects mainly climate change-driven trends, though NOAA sa ...

WASHINGTON — A vital tool used to track the financial toll of the nation’s most devastating weather and climate events is being retired. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Asked about the reasoning behind the decision to no longer update the billion-dollar disaster database, NOAA spokeswoman Kim Doster said in an email it was because of “evolving priorities ...

The current estimate of that disaster is now between $250 and $275 billion. However, according to the NOAA announcement and the database being retired, this major disaster will not be a part of ...

For more than 40 years, NOAA’s database tracked extreme weather and ... models that inform everything from agriculture to disaster preparedness. Furthermore, the administration has proposed ...

NOAA says the decision to retire the tool was due in large part to staffing reductions stemming from budget cuts made during the Trump administration. The agency, known for its rigorous data ...

Some politicians and outside experts have asserted in the past that the database, which shows an increase in disaster losses over time, reflects mainly climate change-driven trends, though NOAA sa ...