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![A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025]()
![A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025]()
California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
The fires could cause more than $20 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.
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![Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign rally in Hialeah, Florida. He has won the disaster-prone state three times.]()
![Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign rally in Hialeah, Florida. He has won the disaster-prone state three times.]()
As Trump mulls his FEMA pick, a political land mine awaits in Florida
The agency is hiking insurance rates and punishing flood-prone construction in the president-elect’s favorite state.
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![Two homeowners use buckets to bail water through the window of their flooded home.]()
![Two homeowners use buckets to bail water through the window of their flooded home.]()
New data shows just how bad the climate insurance crisis has become
Two congressional reports make clear that, with increasingly frequent hurricanes, floods, and fires, "the model of insurance as it stands right now isn't working."
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![View of the Fairview Public Library polling location in Buncombe county, North Carolina, one of 17 temporary polling sites in Buncombe rapidly established after Hurricane Helene.]()
![View of the Fairview Public Library polling location in Buncombe county, North Carolina, one of 17 temporary polling sites in Buncombe rapidly established after Hurricane Helene.]()
Your guide to housing assistance for Tennessee and North Carolina after Hurricane Helene
A look at how to navigate everything from government aid to hiring contractors to eviction notices.
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![political signs line a highway near a high, dry mountain range]()
![political signs line a highway near a high, dry mountain range]()
One issue will decide Arizona’s future. Nobody’s campaigning on it.
The fate of the state’s water depends on this election. For politicians and voters, it’s mostly an afterthought.
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![A film photo of a river near buildings with a sun spot on the right]()
![A film photo of a river near buildings with a sun spot on the right]()
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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![A roofing crew installs shingles on a small single-story home in Lakewood, CA.]()
![A roofing crew installs shingles on a small single-story home in Lakewood, CA.]()
Thinking of going solar? Wait until you need a new roof.
Solar panels typically last 25 years, while shingles are good for 20. Waiting until you need to re-roof is usually the best course when going solar.
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![Workers, community members, and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Marshall, North Carolina on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.]()
![Workers, community members, and business owners clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Marshall, North Carolina on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024.]()
Hurricane Helene could cost $200 billion. Nobody knows where the money will come from.
Almost none of the storm's devastation will be paid out by insurance.
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Climate change is destroying American homes. Who should have to move?
It’s unfair to force people out of their homes. We have to do it anyway.
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![flooded South Fork New River after hurricane helene in north carolina]()
![flooded South Fork New River after hurricane helene in north carolina]()
After battering coastal towns, Hurricane Helene causes deadly flooding across five states
“This is not a fluke. We should expect to see more rapidly intensifying hurricanes in a warming climate.”
