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February 7, 2024
Dave Levitan
Los Angeles’s Floods Show Why Sewers Matter
Recent atmospheric rivers are a preview of what will become much more common as climate change accelerates.
October 11, 2021
Saritha Ramakrishna
When Bad Weather and Bad Landlords Collide
Climate resilience efforts tend to focus on homeowners, but tenants are much more vulnerable.
September 8, 2020
Kirsi-Marja Hayrinen-Beschloss
The Monsoon Season That Drowned Chennai, India
Anjali Ponni Rajkumar saw her government fail. And she saw the stark divide between rich and poor.
May 28, 2019
Magazine
Ted Genoways
River of No Return
How austerity and climate change put northeastern Nebraska underwater
May 13, 2019
Kristy Frazier
,
Emily Atkin
Fire Forced Me From My Home. Then Water Trapped Me There.
Kristy Frazier has spent most of her life in a nature-lover's paradise. She never imagined it would one day turn into hell.
November 9, 2015
Stan Cox
,
Paul Cox
A Rising Tide
Miami is sinking beneath the sea—but not without a fight.
July 28, 2015
Thomas Wahl
,
Shaleen Jain
Floods are Getting Worse, and America’s Coasts Are Unprepared
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