Harvey
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FEMA’s outdated flood maps made Houston’s bad situation worse
If FEMA can't keep up politically and financially, future victims of disaster will continue to be underprepared, inundated, and overwhelmed.
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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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Harvey is changing the way we feed people during disasters
It's hard to deliver food when roads have turned into rivers with white-capped waves.
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Harvey stirs up a toxic, industrial soup
Here’s what we know about some of the petrochemicals that were likely released into the air or mixed into the floodwaters over southeastern Texas.
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Helping Hurricane Harvey victims is a long game. Here’s where to start.
Recovery is not an instant fix -- and shouldn’t be treated that way.
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The U.S. should go Dutch to avoid building another Houston
Americans focus more on recovering from floods brought on by disasters like Harvey than planning for them.
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For the third time, one undocumented Houston family fled a hurricane
“We’ve done this before."
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How Trump made it harder to rebuild a safe Houston
He weakened an important federal standard 10 days before the storm.
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Explosions strike chemical plant after floods in Crosby, Texas
Officials downplayed the environmental and public health risks from the plant.
