Flash floods foreshadow a threatening reality in New York City
The storm has laid bare how vulnerable the Big Apple's aging infrastructure is to extreme weather events that are intensified
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Mid-Atlantic coast under flood warnings as Ophelia weakens to post-tropical low and moves north
Tropical Storm Ophelia was downgraded to a post-tropical low on Saturday night but continued to pose a threat of coastal
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Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall in North Carolina as coastal areas lashed with heavy rain
Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall on the North Carolina coast early Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Source link
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Storm Lee bears down on New England and Canada with hurricane-force winds, rain, dangerous surf
Severe weather was predicted across part of Massachusetts and Maine, and hurricane conditions could hit the Canadian provinces of New
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These bonds offer high yields for taking on hurricane and other disaster risks
Catastrophe bonds are expected to hit a record issuance this year and can rake in income above 13%. Source link
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‘Nothing can prepare you’ for devastation of Hawaii wildfire, FEMA administrator says
More than 300 employees on the ground have served 50,000 meals, 75,000 liters of water and distributed 5,000 cots, said
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Global rice prices could surge higher as flood risks loom over China
Global rice markets could come under further strain as the world's leading producer China grapples with heavy rain and flood
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Maui wildfire death toll reaches 89 — the deadliest in the U.S. in more than 100 years
The inferno that swept through the centuries-old town of Lahaina on Maui's west coast four days earlier torched hundreds of
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Hawaii wildfire death toll rises to 55, historic capital Lahaina ‘reduced to ashes’
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said the federal government is providing assistance, but the disaster response will face challenges because Maui
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