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Hurricane Katrina aerial view
Justice
Quest for racial justice in US must include environmental and climate issues, activists say
Hurricane Michael 2018
Environment
Warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico raise alarm as US storm season approaches
Recover, Rebuild: Updating Our Communities for a New Climate Reality
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Growing high tides have turned this photo — taken from Pompano Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 — into a regular occurrence along the U.S. coastlines.
Climate Change
New report forecasts a troubling picture of rising tides, frequent flooding on coasts
Helicopter dropping water on wildfire
Economics
2017 was the costliest US natural disaster year on record
These vessels sank on St. John, US Virgin Islands, during Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Maria could bring 20 inches of rain to the US and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, leading to flooding and mudslides. And Guadaloupe, a key staging ground for post-
Development
Hurricane Maria bears down on battered Caribbean
Two days after Hurricane Irma, an elderly resident stand in a dark hallway at Cypress Run, an assisted living facility without power, food, or water, in Immokalee, Florida, U.S., September 12, 2017.
Technology
How to avoid blackouts in hurricanes? Model power grids after the internet, says one expert.
Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, is seen approaching Puerto Rico in this NOAA National Weather Service National Hurricane Center satellite
Science
Is the 1-2 punch of Harvey and Irma due to nature — or climate change? Yes.
hurricane approaching land
Environment
Is climate change making hurricanes worse?
Houston water channel refineries
Economics
Houston is vulnerable to catastrophic hurricane damage
Men salvage metal sheets from a destroyed house after Hurricane Matthew ravaged Jeremie, Haiti.
Environment
Almost 1 million Haitians are in ‘urgent need of humanitarian assistance’ after Hurricane Matthew
NASA hurricane satellite
Environment
Climate disruption is fueling stronger storms
Environment
A new tool seeks to put more knowledge about storm surge in the hands of Americans
Global Scan
America may find itself without a friend in the world
Environment
For more accurate weather forecasts, follow the fish