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Climate change likely made hurricane Sally more dangerous by slowing it down, setting it up to pummel the region with catastrophic rainfall.
Advices from NYC on how can the USA minimize the loss of destruction that global warming is already causing in the West.
A majority support outright bans on construction in disaster-prone areas, as well as paying people to move, researchers say — policies that local governments have been reluctant to adopt.
Using tax dollars to move whole communities out of flood zones is swiftly becoming policy, marking a new and more disruptive phase of climate change.
Both smoke and COVID take a toll on the body’s respiratory and cardiovascular systems -- “It’s kind of a double whammy.”
Extreme weather presents an even bigger threat when economies are crashing and ordinary people are stretched to their limits.
Outbreak of coronavirus in the U.S could lead to a severe shortage of ventilators, potentially forcing doctors to make excruciating life-or-death decisions.
As Iran struggles to contain coronavirus, it emerges as the second focal point for the spread of the disease. Various cases have been traced back to the country.
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