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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...

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...

Power outages leave poor communities in the dark longer: Evidence from 15 million outages raises questions about recovery times

Low-income communities often have a longer wait for electricity to come back after outages. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert by Chuanyi Ji, Georgia Institute of Technology and Scott...

Estimated 2.5 million people displaced by tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters in 2023 tell a story of recovery in America and who is vulnerable

Recovering after tornadoes, particularly in small towns, has many challenges. AP Photo/Julio Cortez by Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware and James Kendra, University of Delaware People often...

Hurricane Hilary triggers Southern California’s first tropical storm warning ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast

by Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula as a powerful Category 4 storm on Aug. 18, 2023, and was...

18 huge, billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

by Stacy Morford, The Conversation U.S. weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of...

Bridgewater celebrates New Orleans on Katrina anniversary

Dee Dee Bridgewater, ``Dee Dee's Feathers'' (OKeh/Sony Music/DDB Records)Grammy- and Tony-winner Dee Dee Bridgewater is the most complete jazz singer on the scene today...

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