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5 years after Sandy, this woman still worries about being left behind because of her disability
A court ruling after Hurricane Sandy forced New York City to develop a more inclusive emergency plan. Advocates say it hasn't happened.
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Hurricane Maria crushed Puerto Rico farms. This activist wants to grow resilience through food.
"We need to grow our own food to be able to get out of this," Tara Rodríguez Besosa says.
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The U.S. could have avoided Puerto Rico’s water crisis
There are international standards for disaster relief. The government isn't meeting them.
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Smoke from California’s raging wildfires spreads a public health emergency across the Bay
Stores see a run on particle masks as residents breathe air resembling what some West Oakland residents face year-round.
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Puerto Rico had towering landfills and coal ash pollution. Then, Maria hit.
The scale of environmental devastation on the island is still unknown -- and the situation was already pretty bad.
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Puerto Ricans are living climate change right now. Here’s how they describe it.
Island dwellers -- and their loved ones stateside -- detail the situation on the ground, one week after Maria.
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Toxic water flooded Houston homes after Harvey, tests show
Floodwaters in two neighborhoods contained unsafe levels of E. coli and heavy metals.
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Irma, the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, tears through the Caribbean
Experts are debating whether we need a Category 6 to describe this storm.
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For the third time, one undocumented Houston family fled a hurricane
“We’ve done this before."
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This Kansas City neighborhood wrote the blueprint for transforming a community
Inner-city Ivanhoe, once a haven for drugs and illegal dumping, is now a beacon of revitalization.
