hurricane
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Hurricanes keep bringing blackouts. Clean energy could keep the lights on.
Irma and Maria are the latest reminders that we really need a new electricity grid
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Harvey, Irma, Maria: This is the hurricane season scientists expected … and feared
Scientists expect more Cat 5 storms in a warmer world -- which 2017 may already be.
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Hurricane Maria poses a catastrophic threat to the Caribbean
Maria is expected to grow stronger as it heads toward the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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Florida’s best defense against natural disasters is nature
The key to fighting hurricanes? Just act natural.
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After Harvey and Irma, people of color face displacement
Discriminatory policies make it harder to recover.
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Hurricane Irma’s power leaves Florida powerless
A last-minute turn inland spared the state even more damaging storm surge, but the electric grid took a lashing.
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FEMA’s outdated flood maps made Houston’s bad situation worse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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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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This low-income Houston neighborhood was recovering from last year’s flood. Then Harvey hit.
Many residents just don't have the resources to leave.