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Topic: Natural Disasters (page 5)

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Disaster strikes Barbuda

Steven Rosenfeld - Alternet
Pile of debris removed from a home that was damaged by Hurricane Harvey floodwaters (AP/David J. Phillip)

Bigger storms, worse pollution

Amanda Marcotte
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Westboro loves Hurricane Irma

Gabriel Bell
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Pundits fall for it again

Bob Cesca
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Climate change and big storms

Paul Rosenberg
Rescue boats fill a flooded street as flood victims are evacuated. (AP/David J. Phillip)

Helping kids recover

Betty Lai - The Conversation
New Orleans, August 30, 2005. (Reuters/Rick Wilking)

ready for the storm

Wanyun Shao, Siyuan Xian - The Conversation
This Thursday, May 12, 2016 photo shows the glass-enclosed atrium at the Robert W. Woodruff Library in Atlanta. The design preserves the library's monumental marble stair case and allows more sunlight into the building, while also reducing the amount of noise inside. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) (AP)

Libraries as shelters

Grace Morris - The Conversation
Guests try to pass the time in the ballrooms of the Atlantis Paradise Island Hotel, as Hurricane Matthew moves away from the resort island in Nassau, Bahamas, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Tim Aylen)

national disaster game theory

Anna Nagurney - The Conversation
A can of water donated by Anheuser-Busch in California during a drought. Currently, Anheuser-Busch is sending more than 155,000 cans of water for Hurricane Harvey aid. (Getty/David McNew)

Capitalism meets the big storm

Chauncey DeVega
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CNN fails on humanity

Rachel Leah
People evacuate a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Harvey, Trump and racism

Chauncey DeVega
FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2013 file photo, a road construction project backs up traffic in Springfield, Ill. Donald Trump has vowed to rebuild the nation’s roads, bridges, airports and railways, but the path to delivering on that promise is full of potholes. When President Barack Obama tried to do it, a Republican Congress fought him at almost every turn, and Trump would have to contend with his party’s deep-seated dislike for government spending and higher taxes to meet the $1 trillion tab for his proposals. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman File) (AP)

Comparing U.S. infrastructure

Hiba Baroud - The Conversation

90 years of natural disasters

Leah Platt Boston, Maria Lucia Yanguas, Matthew Kahn, Paul W. Rhode - The Conversation
This photo taken on Monday, May 26, 2014 and provided by Jill Helmuth, shows a tornado touching down on a reach before heading towards Watford City, N.D. Authorities say several were injured and more than a dozen trailers were damaged or destroyed Monday evening when the twister tore through a camp where oil field workers stay. (AP Photo/Jill Helmuth) (AP)

understanding twister

Paul Markowski, Yvette Richardson - The Conversation
This Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 shows a rooster standing near the home of Bertha Mesilier, that she shared with her husband Edma Desravine, who was last seen seeking refuge from the heavy rainfall and winds brought by Hurricane Matthew, in Port-a-Piment, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti. Nobody has seen or heard from the 71-year-old grandfather known for his sly sense of humor and bad luck at cock fights, in the 2 ½ weeks since Hurricane Matthew sent floodwaters and debris crashing into his riverside shantytown.(AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) (AP)

Chellis Glendinning - Alternet
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Trump in a crisis: Be afraid

Bob Cesca
A muddy U.S. flag stands in front of flooded homes in Longmont, Colo., on Sept. 14, 2013. (AP/Chris Schneider)

Climate change's enormous cost

Ben Norton
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Bigger, badder storms

Lindsay Abrams
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Jeb's massive Katrina fail

Sophia Tesfaye
(Reuters/Jason Reed)

Katrina's unheeded lesson

Lindsay Abrams
(AP/Victoria Will)

Al Roker speaks to Salon

Lindsay Abrams
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Flood risk rising

Lindsay Abrams
Ezekiel Ekinaka, 1, with his parents Aaron and Juliet, wears a raincoat as he experiences rain for the second time in his life, at the San Clemente, Calif. Ocean Festival before the public was urged to evacuate due to lightning on Saturday, July 18, 2015. (Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register via AP) (AP)

A "super historic" deluge

Lindsay Abrams
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