Many families who lost nearly everything to the storm are still slogging through red tape a year later.
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This story was originally published by Yale e360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For decades, Sanibel Island, one of the most treasured vacation resorts in America, was an insurance agent’s dream. Year after year, the 5,000-odd residents of the barrier island on Florida’s Gulf Coast wrote checks for their home and flood […]
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As others languished without FEMA’s help, Noem flew to Florida to tout the $11 million project and meet with the donor.
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This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the 1880s, giant cattle companies turned thousands of cattle out to graze on the “public domain”—i.e., the Western lands that had been stolen from Indigenous people and then opened up for white settlement. In remote southeastern […]
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This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Michael Gillogly, manager of the Pepperwood Preserve, understands the wildfire risk that power lines pose firsthand. The 3,200-acre nature reserve in Sonoma County, California, burned in 2017 when a privately owned electrical system sparked a fire. It burned again in 2019 during a conflagration started by power lines operated by utility […]
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“The danger posed to our collective communities … is very real,” said one employee who signed a public letter.
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Democracy and the social safety net are being attacked like they were after the storm, says journalist Jordan Flaherty.
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After Hurricane Katrina and its related flooding inundated much of New Orleans in 2005, residents of a large Vietnamese community in the Algiers neighborhood were some of the first to return and rebuild. But 20 years later, their neighborhood is still prone to flooding, especially during hurricane season. And, like much of the city, the […]
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They Survived Katrina and Started to Rebuild. Now Trump’s Cuts May Flood Them Out Again. Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In early July, flash floods along the Guadalupe River killed 138 people and caused an estimated $1.1 billion in damage, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in Texas history. But just a week later, Texas found itself whiplashed into another crisis altogether: […]
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Texas Flood Relief Took a Back Seat to Trump’s Redistricting Demands: “It’s a travesty.” Read Post »
FEMA also still owes North Carolina hundreds of millions in promised recovery funds from last year’s Hurricane Helene.
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North Carolina Waiting on Millions in FEMA Preparedness Grants as Hurricane Hits Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The United States is home to millions of small businesses that form the backbone of countless communities. Even during the best of times keeping shops solvent can be a struggle, but when climate-driven disasters strike, the impact on mom-and-pops can […]
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Relentless Climate Disasters Are Wiping Out Local Businesses Read Post »
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A wildfire that has closed the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park raged out of control over the weekend and is now the largest currently burning in the country. The Dragon Bravo fire has burned more than […]
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