The possibility of snow in Tampa, Fla. Record heat and fires in Australia. Scientists say climate change is exacerbating weather extremes.

“Storms are a natural part of Earth's system and are not going away,” William Ripple, co-lead author of the 2025 State of the Climate report, told TIME in an email. “We are not losing storms; we are getting storms that are supercharged with extra water and energy.”

Over the past week, there have been several deadly flash floods across the country, in central Texas, New Mexico, and the Carolinas. Most notably, the flash floods in central Texas and New Mexico were triggered by slow-moving thunderstorms that dumped ...

A new study has sounded the alarm on how the record-breaking temperatures experienced in early January will become “five times more likely” in the future.

The report warns many economic models are failing to capture extreme weather events and rising uncertainty likely to dominate impacts in a hotter world.

I’ve made my way up to a fan park where fans are gathered to watch the opening ceremony on the big screen. Cheers go up as Mariah starts singing in Italian. Mariah is singing the Italian classic Volare,

North Korea has opened its national winter games, state media reported, as athletes from the reclusive state sit out the Milan Cortina Winter Olympicsafter failing to secure qualification spots.

Staging future Winter Games as early as January and the Paralympic Winter Games in February is a possibility because of the effects of warmer temperatures, the International Olympic Committee said.