Researchers to revive disaster-tracking tool

Extreme weather: A firefighter battles the Gifford Fire in brush-covered hillsides west of New Cuyama, California. Before its demise, NOAA tracked the growing number of storms, droughts and wildfires that cause at least US$1bil in damage. — Reuters

NEW YORK: A climate nonprofit is planning to revive a key federal database tracking billion-dollar weather disasters that the Trump administration formally stopped updating in May.

The database, which was produced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is set to return this fall as a product of Climate Central.