Extreme weather 101: Your guide to staying prepared and informed

The most important thing to consider during a disaster is your own, your family’s, and your community’s safety. The National Weather Service has a guide for hurricanes and floods; FEMA has a guide for ... Read More

How extreme weather impacts power grids

Extreme weather is causing power grids across the country to fail -- sometimes at massive scales -- putting residents at increased health risk. Read More

Your Guide to Surviving Extreme Weather

The most important thing to consider during a disaster is your own, your family’s, and your community’s safety. The National Weather Service has a guide for hurricanes and floods; FEMA has a guide for ... Read More

How extreme weather impacts power grids and the customers who rely on them

Extreme weather is causing power grids across the country to fail -- sometimes at massive scales -- putting residents at increased health risk as scientists predict an uptick in frequency of severe ... Read More

How to Stay Prepared and Informed for Extreme Weather

But it’s important to make sure the information you’re receiving is accurate. Here’s where to find the facts on extreme weather and ... management agencies are active on Facebook, so check there for ... Read More

Extreme heat worsens chronic health conditions in millions of Americans

The U.S. is on track to shatter heat records, putting millions of Americans in the most affected parts of the country in harm’s way for long-term, life-threatening health problems. Read More

Paying the Price: How Extreme Weather Is Hitting Americans Hard

Properties in areas prone to extreme weather will see a decline in value. Homes that were worth $300,000 might drop to $150,000 or less, making it hard to recover your investment. Extreme weather ... Read More

How extreme weather can have long-lasting consequences for community health

Extreme weather events like tornadoes can happen in minutes, but the effect of these disasters have on the community can be long-lasting. Read More

Why does hot weather make you sleepy?

In essence, your body is having to work harder to try and stay cool ... In addition, our sleep can get disrupted in hot weather, especially if a comfortable temperature indoors cannot be attained. Read More

Extreme heat takes a toll on animals and plants. What their keepers do to protect them

At the Phoenix Zoo and the Desert Botanical Garden, complex operations to keep animals and plants safe from climate change may help life in the wild. Read More

Best camping tents for outdoor adventure in 2024

CBS Essentials is created independently of the CBS News editorial staff ... While we wouldn't suggest the Coleman Skydome tent for extreme weather, it's a good overall tent for family camping ... Read More

FAA Command Center manages air traffic & extreme weather for thousands of flights daily

WASHINGTON — While you’re arriving to the airport, here’s a team you’ll never see making sure you get ... then that is still a problem.” Extreme weather isn’t the only event on the ... Read More