The Latest Breaking News from Jonathan Porter

What is a heat dome? This punishing weather pattern can last for days

Heat-trapping high pressure systems can sit over an area for a week or longer

The Independent UK · Jun 30

Reinsurance Group of America Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) reported a strong first quarter of 2026, with management pointing to broad-based earnings strength across regions, favorable claims experience and continued capital deployment into new business opportunities. On the company’s earnings call, President and Chie

MarketBeat · May 14

‘Triple-threat megastorm’ to scatter snow, high winds and thunder across US

Powerful storm chain to affect 200 million in US as it carries blizzard conditions, damaging winds and thunderstorms

The Guardian - US · Mar 15

Heat waves bring dangerous and deadly lightning strikes. Here’s how to avoid getting struck

More than 30 people have been injured by lightning strikes during the course of the past two weeks

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025

Flooding damage from latest round of storms that has left at least 21 dead estimated at a staggering $90 billion

Climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent and severe

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025

'Be ready to move quickly to higher ground': Forecaster delivers ominous warning of 1-in-1,000-year flood coming for central US

Forecasters have warned of historic flooding in the central US this week, anticipating multiple bouts of heavy rainfall and extreme thunderstorms.

LiveScience · Apr 2, 2025

Is a nor’easter headed for the East Coast this week?

The storm will bring heavy snow and widespread travel impacts for much of the eastern U.S., including Boston and Washington, D.C.

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2025

The LA county wildfires could be the costliest in US history, early estimates say

The wildfires that erupted this week across Los Angeles County are far from contained, but they're already expected to be the costliest in U.S. history and among the worst natural disasters

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2025

LA wildfires mapped: Where could the blaze go next after Palisades, Eaton and Kenneth

The death toll from the blazes has risen to 16, Los Angeles County’s Medical Examiner said, with number expected to grow

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2025

Deadly LA wildfires to cost over $50 billion in damages, becoming one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history

The damage is expected to far exceed the $16 billion in economic losses from Maui's wildfires two years ago. Weather now accounts for almost all of the $320 billion in annual natural catastrophe damages worldwide.

Fortune · Jan 9, 2025