As climate change causes sea levels to rise, Florida communities can benefit from LiDAR mapping to predict storm surges and flood risk, aiding severe weather and disaster preparedness.

Earth’s persistent warming trend last month vaulted June 2020 to the third-hottest June on record — a tie with 2015.

An above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is expected, according to forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting that a near-normal Atlantic hurricane season is most likely this year. 

Natural disasters caused $306 billion in total damage across the U.S. in 2017 – the largest amount for one year.

Which type of weather event produces the greatest number of fatalities?