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![NATIONAL GUARD PATROLS STREETS AFTER SUPERSTORM SANDY]()
![NATIONAL GUARD PATROLS STREETS AFTER SUPERSTORM SANDY]()
This coastal town needs federal aid for climate adaptation. Instead it’ll get a military truck.
Cities are getting surplus military equipment instead of much-needed infrastructure.
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December’s tornadoes show a country desperately in need of disaster reform
You can't stop tornadoes, but you can stop them from being so deadly. Here's how.
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![Climate activist Niria Garcia stands amid the burned-out remains of her father’s home in Phoenix, Ore.]()
![Climate activist Niria Garcia stands amid the burned-out remains of her father’s home in Phoenix, Ore.]()
Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia
Here are the crucial ingredients for decarbonizing an economy, and safeguarding a region.
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![a white house with peeling paint and loose slats stands in front of a giant field of debris -- wood, bottles, and scrap metal -- through which people are walking. Overhead, a blazing sun looks down in a clear, blue sky.]()
![a white house with peeling paint and loose slats stands in front of a giant field of debris -- wood, bottles, and scrap metal -- through which people are walking. Overhead, a blazing sun looks down in a clear, blue sky.]()
Why tornadoes are the hardest disasters to link to climate change
Some jumped to connect last week's twisters with global warming. Scientists aren't so sure.
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![EMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.]()
![EMA representative Richard Dae (C) registers Victor Leos (R) and his wife Sanjuanita for assistance after their home was damaged during Hurricane Ike September 20, 2008 in Galveston, Texas.]()
Who gets help after a hurricane or flood? FEMA will start tracking it by race
Nearly half of the people who ask for disaster aid don't get help. Is it discrimination?
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![A man wades into the water to help rescue a flooded car in the Nooksack River in Ferndale, Washington.]()
![A man wades into the water to help rescue a flooded car in the Nooksack River in Ferndale, Washington.]()
Blizzard warnings in Hawaii, no snow in Denver: What’s behind this month’s wild weather?
This December is giving a whole new meaning to weather whiplash.
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![Bleached coral becuse of rising sea temperatures, in Raa Atoll.]()
![Bleached coral becuse of rising sea temperatures, in Raa Atoll.]()
Coral reefs in western Indian Ocean ‘at high risk of collapse in next 50 years’
Reefs from Seychelles to South Africa may become functionally extinct due to global heating and overfishing, study finds.
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![The Chevron facility in Richmond, California is one of more than 400 toxic facilities at risk of major flooding events by 2100.]()
![The Chevron facility in Richmond, California is one of more than 400 toxic facilities at risk of major flooding events by 2100.]()
Toxic Tides: Climate change expected to cause 400 toxic California sites to flood by 2100
Communities of color are five times more likely than the general population to live within half a mile of a toxic site that could flood.
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![Fading trees on red background]()
Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent.
The evidence is clear: Forests are shifting to scrublands across large swaths of the Western U.S.
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![A man and woman ferry a dog down a flooded Sterling Road in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, on November 17, 2021.]()
![A man and woman ferry a dog down a flooded Sterling Road in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, on November 17, 2021.]()
‘Weather whiplash’ in the Pacific Northwest is a sign of what climate change has in store
Mudslides, evacuations, roads snapped in half: Floods hit Washington state and British Columbia.
