Articles by Staff Writer Zoya Teirstein


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Election Day in the disaster zone
Hello, and welcome to our special Election Day edition of State of Emergency. Iβm Zoya Teirstein, and today Iβm reporting from rainy Buncombe County, North Carolina. I spent the morning talking to voters at the Fairview Public Library β one of 17 temporary polling sites in the county established after Hurricane Helene caused widespread damage [β¦]
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Voter turnout is surging in the key swing states hammered by Hurricane Helene
What record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina says about the storm and the stakes of the election.
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The flood that forced a housing reckoning in Vermont
The interconnected climate and housing crises are putting some Montpelier residents one disaster away from homelessness.
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As Heleneβs immediate impacts recede, a public health threat rises
A shortage of potable water and the toxic stew of sewage and other pollutants the flood left behind has prompted a race to avert a public health crisis in North Carolina.