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A self-employed couple lost their home and livelihoods in Hurricane Helene. Their home insurance doesn't come close to enabling them to rebuild their lives.
Andrew Marsh and Lindsay Thomas's home in the Blue Ridge Mountains was destroyed in seconds by by H…
Serafina Kenny
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Hurricanes are taking the election by storm. Here's where Harris and Trump stand on natural disaster policies.
As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida, Harris and Trump are under new scrutiny over their disa…
Alice Tecotzky
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Hurricanes are becoming more frequent, violent, and costly — plus they're hitting jobs and economic growth
Climate change is making hurricanes more common and more powerful, while rising asset values are dr…
Theron Mohamed
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Hurricane Milton might cost insurers up to $50 billion — but it could have been much worse, analysts said
Hurricane Milton's insured losses could range from $30 billion to $50 billion, but it's far from an…
Lian Kit Wee
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Nearly 1 million homes along the Gulf Coast might be damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Ida
CoreLogic estimates that the reconstruction cost value of the potentially damaged homes is approxim…
Emily Walsh
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Live updates: Hurricane Ida forecast to land in the Gulf Coast on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
This GOES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, at 10:20 p.m. EDT, and pr…
Morgan Keith
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The 14 most important ways to prepare for a hurricane
Hurricane Hilary is barreling toward Southern California and the Southwest. Here are key steps to t…
Lloyd Lee
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Photos and videos show the initial damage and flooding Hurricane Ida is bringing to Louisiana
A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Ida nears, Su…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Hurricane Ida could bring extensive power outages to the Gulf Coast and it's already knocked out more oil production than Katrina
Ida is expected to pass through oil fields that contribute 17% of the nation's total oil production…
Francis Agustin
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Hurricane Ida expected to bring 'extremely life-threatening inundation' to the Gulf Coast, forecast warns
The inundation is expected to stretch from parts of Louisiana to the coast of Mississippi, the Nati…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Black homeowners in Houston say they're still patching up holes in their floors nearly five years after Hurricane Harvey
After hurricane Harvey, paperwork requirements and other rules made many Black homeowners in Housto…
DeArbea Walker
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Photos: Surveying the damage after Hurricane Ida slams New Orleans, 16 years after Katrina
A view from the ground in New Orleans after Hurricane Ida slams into the city, 16 years to the day …
Alan Chin
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Hurricane Ida is expected to pummel Louisiana as a Category 4 storm on Sunday - exactly 16 years after Katrina
The National Hurricane Center has "higher-than-normal confidence" that Ida will strengthen quickly …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Aylin W…
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Here's what's wrong with the way we measure hurricanes — and how we could do better
Water-based threats like storm surge and flooding are responsible for 90% of the deaths in powerful…
Meg Teckman-Fullard,Joshua Th…
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Florida is headed for a 'near worst-case scenario' with Hurricane Ian. Here's what a Category 5 storm could look like.
The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council catastrophic plan lays out this worst-case scenario, predic…
Lloyd Lee
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All eyes are on DeSantis' relationship with Biden as Hurricane Ian approaches Florida. Here's how the previous 3 presidents worked (or didn't) with governors on disaster relief efforts.
Governors and presidents of opposing parties, from Bush to Obama to Trump, have had varying experie…
Isabella Zavarise
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Hurricane Ida evacuees wait in limbo to return home and survey the damage: ‘It’s nerve-racking and frustrating’
Tens of thousands of people who evacuated now find themselves unable to return home as the region d…
Erin Snodgrass
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A Louisiana resident was killed when a tree fell on their house in the first death caused by Hurricane Ida
The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed that a person died when a tree fell on a house near…
Jacob Sarkisian
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Hurricane Ida is so powerful it made the Mississippi River flow backwards
Although Hurricane Katrina also reversed the flow of the Mississippi River, the phenomenon is extre…
Morgan Keith
WATCH: Dramatic videos of Hurricane Ida ravaging Louisiana exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina
Over 1 million people are without power after Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29. The Categor…