Storm Damage

FILE - A young boy rows a makeshift banana raft to cross floodwaters in Morigaon district in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India, July 3, 2024.

$300 billion climate deal reached at COP29

Gulf-Times Countries participating at the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku have adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target to help poorer nations cope with impacts of... (photo: AP / Anupam Nath, File)

FILE - A man walks through a street affected by floods in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.

Should major fossil fuel companies pay for climate damage?
Deutsche Welle Another year of wildfires, heat, hurricanes and floods linked to human-made climate change has raised the stakes about who should pay for the damage. Are fossil fuel companies contributing? ...... (photo: AP)

A demonstrator holds his hands up in front of riot police during a protest organized by social and civic groups, denouncing the handling of recent flooding under the slogan "Mazón, Resign," aimed at the president of the regional government Carlos Mazon, in Valencia, Spain, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024.

Thousands protest over handling of Spanish flood disaster
Hong Kong Standard Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Saturday over regional authorities' handling of devastating floods that killed more than 220 people in... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)

A sign warns of a Texas coastal hurricane watch as traffic passes by in Hutchins, Texas, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the tropical depression was expected to intensify over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before reaching the Texas coast Friday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Tropical Storm Rafael is coming soon. It poses an uncertain threat to the US Gulf Coast
CNN A rare November tropical threat could impact the United States over the weekend amid an unusual and relentless hurricane season that shows no signs of letting up. Tropical Depression Eighteen formed... (photo: AP / LM Otero)

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Spain's King Felipe VI is protected after a crowd of angry survivors of Spain's floods have tossed mud and shouted insults at the King and government officials when they made their first visit to one of the hardest hit towns after floods in Paiporta near Valencia, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024.

Protests over Spain flood response interrupt king's visit to stricken Valencia suburb
Hong Kong Standard Hundreds of residents of a Valencia suburb badly hit by last week's deadly floods protested on Sunday during a visit by Spanish King Felipe, Queen Letizia,... (photo: AP / Hugo Torres)

People stand in an area affected by floods in Sedavi, Spain, on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024.

Spain flood deaths top 200, hopes fade for missing
RNZ By Rosa Sulliero and Wafaa Essalhi, AFP Rescuers on Friday raised the death toll in Spain's worst floods for a generation to 205 as the government deployed more troops in... (photo: AP / Manu Fernandez)

People clean their houses affected by floods in Utiel, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.

Spanish province on red alert as storm threat continues
RTE The Spanish authorities have issued the highest weather warning for the country's southwestern coast as the storms which have devastated the Valencia region to the east... (photo: AP / Manu Fernandez)

Vehicles are seen piled up after being swept away by floods in Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024.

Why have Spain floods killed so many?
Guam Pacific Daily News Powerful storms turbo-charged by a warming planet, poor urban planning and carelessness combined with catastrophic consequences in Spain's deadliest floods in a... (photo: AP / Alberto Saiz)

Taiwan shuts down as strong Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall
Business Day Taipei — Strong Typhoon Kong-rey made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast on Thursday, the largest storm by size to hit the island in nearly 30 years, closing financial... (photo: AP / Hualien County Fire Department via AP)

A street is strewn with debris after Hurricane Otis ripped through Acapulco, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023

Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial

Alternet As TVs across Florida broadcast the all-too-familiar images of a powerful hurricane headed for the coast in early October 2024, people whose homes had been damaged less... (photo: AP / Marco Ugarte)