In the most visible sign of progress in replacing the Mandeville fishing pier destroyed by Hurricane Ida more than four years ago, the pier has now been demolished and nearly removed from its site ...

The Jefferson Parish School Board has hired a team of attorneys to pursue the Federal Emergency Management Agency for money the district says it is owed for repairs after Hurricane Ida tore through ...

This is what rain can do in New York City. In July, Jessica Louise Dye was on the subway when she recorded a video of a “cascading wall of water coming at us.” Scenes like these are becoming more and ...

Recently, Hurricane Melissa roared ashore in Jamaica, leaving behind a trail of destruction that is still being tallied. The storm struck as a Category 5 hurricane, bringing winds exceeding 185 mph ...

The second stage of the ICARUS Initiative is set to launch Nov. 11 aboard a SpaceX rocket, sending the second version of the wildlife tracking satellite into orbit. After a period of testing, Icarus 2 ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News. Jennifer and Dean Bye were just getting by before Hurricane Ida slammed into southern Louisiana in 2021. The couple own a house in a ...

This story is part of The Disaster Economy, a Grist series exploring the often chaotic, lucrative world of disaster response and recovery. It was produced by Grist and co-published with Verite News, ...

So far this year, we’ve had 13 named storms in the Atlantic, with 5 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes (Category 3+). Ida (November 4-14, 2009) made landfall as a Category 1 storm on the east coast of ...

Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic storms on record, has been blamed for at least 60 deaths. The tropical Atlantic was quiet as of early November, with no new tropical cyclones expected ...

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Melissa made landfall in south-western Jamaica early Tuesday afternoon, packing winds of 185 mph. It was the strongest hurricane to make landfall on the island since ...