Both bills build upon Senator Welch’s legislation to develop an index-based insurance policy that is more responsive to crop and income losses faced by farmers as the result of extreme weather—the ...
The researchers found a 42% increase in large floods of these small streams. Gleason cites those that have occurred in Vermont in recent summers as an example. "Floods are disastrous for humans, but ...
One of the key factors driving the weather is an atmospheric river, which is a long band of water vapor that can transport moisture from the tropics to more northern areas, said Derek Schroeter, a ...