The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season Was a Doozy
The season was more active than normal for the sixth year in a row…
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Deaths from Hurricane Ida Expose Flaws in FEMA Flood Maps
The New York City homes where 11 people drowned were in areas marked as low risk for inundation — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com…
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Hurricane Sam strengthens as it moves toward Bermuda
Forecasters warned Friday that Hurricane Sam was expected to bring “dangerous high surf” to areas of the Atlantic coasts…
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In Hurricane Ida’s wake, satellite images show oil slicks in Gulf of Mexico
Satellite images capture aerial views of an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida’s landfall on Aug. 29.
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Hurricane Ida May Spark Mass Migration
Like Katrina before it, the storm may make living conditions untenable in hard-hit areas — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Hurricane Ida’s remnants will bring record-breaking rain as it travels north
The remains of Hurricane Ida will still bring plenty of destruction to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. NOAAWind and storm surge from Ida were so strong that they briefly forced the Mississippi River to flow backwards. The post Hurricane Ida’s remnants will bring record-breaking rain as it travels north appeared first on Popular Science.
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How the remnants of Hurricane Ida turned into a disaster for the Northeast
The storm showed the region is not prepared for climate change.
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Hurricane Ida damage boosts calls to rebuild with the infrastructure bill: CNBC After Hours
On today’s show, CNBC’s Ylan Mui reports on how lawmakers want to invest in states repeatedly hit by hurricanes using the infrastructure bill.
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Remnants of Hurricane Ida hit US Open, creating some chaos
NEW YORK (AP) — Even a retractable roof at the U.S. Open was no match for the heavy rain and wind the remnants of Hurricane Ida carried to Flushing Meadows, knocking down tree limbs and causing flooding around the tournament…
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Damage from Hurricane Ida seen from space (satellite photos)
We’re getting a bird’s-eye view of some of the damage Ida has wrought, thanks to before-and-after photos snapped by Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-2 satellite.
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