The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that America suffered a record amount of damage in 2017 from natural disasters, with a tab of more than $306 billion.
Are all the simultaneous natural disasters this summer just a big coincidence, or is it a harbinger of something more serious for Planet Earth? Environmentalist Bill McKibben connects the dots and finds out how much it has to do with global warming.
The heat wave of 1896 was one of the worst natural disasters of the late 19th century, but it's largely forgotten. In his new book, 'Hot Time in the Old Town,' political historian Edward Kohn writes about this historical event.