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The rise of firefighters-for-hire exposes the inequality of climate-driven disasters

Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock by Doug Specht, University of Westminster The Los Angeles wildfires have exposed a controversial practice that starkly illustrates the divide between the...

Beyond bottled water and sandwiches: What FEMA is doing to get hurricane victims back into their homes

Two people survey their beachfront home and business, which was destroyed in Hurricane Milton, on Manasota Key, Fla., Oct. 13, 2024. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell by...

Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way, and it’s not just stubbornness

Evacuation is more difficult for people with health and mobility issues. Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images by Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, University of Colorado...

5-week-old Black twins become youngest known victims of Hurricane Helene

A Georgia mother and five-week-old twins were killed in the devastation of Hurricane Helene. According to TODAY, 27-year-old Kobe Williams and her sons, Khyzier and...

Hurricane Milton explodes into a powerful Category 5 storm as it heads for Florida

Satellite data shows Hurricane Milton on Oct. 8, 2024, as it moves across Gulf of Mexico. NOAA by Zachary Handlos, Georgia Institute of Technology and...

‘Don’t Gamble’: Officials urge evacuation for Category 5 Hurricane Milton

Florida officials are warning residents to not "gamble their lives" as Hurricane Milton approaches landfall. On Monday (October 7), Hurricane Milton strengthened into a Category...

‘Summers used to be hot, but not like this’ — Extreme heat disproportionately affects Pittsburgh’s Black residents

NOAH WHITELEATHER IS CEO OF NOAH WHITELEATHER, LLC. HE’S LOST REVENUE DUE TO THE EXTREME HEAT THIS SUMMER, AS GRASS HAS DRIED UP AND...

How back-to-back hurricanes set off a year of compounding disasters for one city − and alarm bells about risks in a warming world

Recovery from a hurricane gets even harder when more storms follow, as Lake Charles, La., residents saw. Joe Raedle/Getty Images by Tracy Kijewski-Correa, University of...

Heat risk isn’t just about the highs: Large daily temperature swings can harm human health – maps show who is affected most

Low-income neighborhoods with lots of concrete and few trees can heat up faster than surrounding areas. AP Photo/Richard Vogel by Shengjie Liu, USC Dornsife College...

Sports in extreme heat: How high school athletes can safely prepare for the start of practice, and the warning signs of heat illness

Contact practices generate body heat, and full pads and helmets hold that heat in. More than 50 high school football players died from heat...

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