Severe Storms & Flooding
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Drive to 1.5Failure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Search and Rescue Continues, Poorest Among the Hardest-Hit as Hurricane Michael Recedes
Poor communities in Florida, Alabama, and Georgia have been hit first and worst by Hurricane Michael, with some shellshocked evacuees returning home and realizing ... -
Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsFailure Is Not An OptionHealth & SafetyOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
Super-Heated Ocean Boosts Hurricane Michael into 250-Kilometre-Per-Hour ‘Monster’
Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle Wednesday as the most powerful storm to hit the continental United States in nearly 50 years, packing ... -
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Climate Home News Compiles ‘37 Things to Know’ About IPCC’s 1.5°C Report
The UN published a summary on the science of 1.5°C global warming on Monday. It’s a big deal. -
Florida Declares State of Emergency with Hurricane Michael Due Wednesday
Hurricane Michael is expected to hit Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane, and may be on track to be the area’s ... -
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Local Solar Installations Show the Right Way to Rebuild Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico
A year after Hurricane María obliterated Puerto Rico’s power grid, causing the longest electricity outage in American history and contributing to an estimated 2,795 ... -
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1.5°C Is Doable, but Just a Dozen Years Left to Get on a Low-Carbon Pathway
Humanity has a dozen years to hold off the accelerated risks of extreme heat waves, wildfires, flooding, drought, sea level rise, and extensive poverty ... -
Tornado Turns Beloved Ottawa Neighbourhood into ‘Logging Camp’
After a half-dozen tornadoes swept through Ottawa and nearby Gatineau, Quebec September 21, residents of Ottawa’s Arlington Woods neighbourhood are dealing with the emotional ... -
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Pace of #MeToo Movement Hold Out Hope for Rapid Attitude Shift on Climate
The rapid spread of public campaigns, most notably the #MeToo movement, creates hope that the climate crisis will produce a sudden shift in public ... -
Relocation Due to Climate Impacts Can Take Community Needs Into Account
Relocation of coastal communities due to severe storms and rising sea levels is already a common, often complicated event, but can be managed in ... -
Human Rights & MigrationSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsTravel, Leisure & RecreationUnited States
Post-Storm Beach Replenishments Harm Local Ecosystems, Benefit Richest North Carolina Landowners
Local ecosystems are being harmed and rich coastal landowners are the main beneficiaries as the U.S. continues to devote post-hurricane relief funds to efforts ... -
CanadaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments
Businesses Look to Adaptation as the Cost of Climate Impacts Mounts
With the impacts of climate change mounting, more Canadian businesses are beginning to pay attention, with risk managers, financial analysts, and investors weighing the ...
