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Storm Nicole Poses Wind, Rain, Flood Threats To Florida, Southeast [1]

"Subtropical Storm Nicole has formed in the Atlantic and is forecast to push toward the Bahamas, Florida and the Southeast this week. Strong winds, high surf, rip currents, coastal flooding, beach erosion and heavy rain are expected along parts of the Eastern Seaboard."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: Weather Channel [8], 11/07/2022
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"A Warming Siberia, Wracked by Wildfires, Nears a Crucial Threshold" [9]

"Rapid warming of the Arctic has led to the extreme wildfire seasons experienced in Siberia in recent years, scientists said Thursday, and such severe fires are likely to continue."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [10]
Public [5]
International [11]
Asia [12]
Source: NYTimes [13], 11/04/2022
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"The Marine Lab in the Path of Fury" [14]

"At the DeFelice Marine Center, researchers and staff are living, working, and adapting to climate change in real time."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Studies [15]
Natural Resources [16]
Science [17]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: Hakai [18], 11/03/2022
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"‘Hubris’: LNG Plant Officials Saw Trouble Days Before Blast" [19]

"For at least two days before a pipe exploded at its Texas gas export terminal, Freeport LNG had been trying to figure out what was wrong, records show. The June 8 blast forced the plant to close and took almost a fifth of U.S. liquefied natural gas exports offline."

Chemicals [20]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [22]
Source: E&E News [23], 11/01/2022
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"Why Is New York Still Building on the Waterfront?" [24]

"There are two simple reasons. One, it makes money. And two, people just love water."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [25]
Environmental Politics [26]
Infrastructure [27]
Laws & Regulations [28]
Planning & Growth [29]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [30]
Source: NYTimes [31], 11/01/2022
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"Horror Writers Reveal Their Environmental Fears" [32]

"Who needs vampires, werewolves or serial killers this Halloween when you’ve got oil executives, polluting companies and climate-denying politicians?"

Disasters [3]
Environmental Studies [15]
Journalism & Media [33]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Revelator [34], 10/28/2022
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"Analysis: Africa’s Unreported Extreme Weather In 2022 And Climate Change" [35]

"From deadly floods in Nigeria to devastating drought in Somalia, Africa has faced a run of severe – and sometimes unprecedented – extreme weather events since the start of 2022."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Public [5]
Africa [36]
Source: CarbonBrief [37], 10/27/2022
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"From E. Coli to Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Floodwaters Are a Health Nightmare" [38]

"Floodwater often contains pollutants and pathogens that can sicken and kill people in the aftermath of a storm."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [39]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Earther [40], 10/26/2022
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"Western Wildfires Are Making Far Away Storms More Dangerous" [41]

"In late July of 2018, massive wildfires blazed across Northern California. At the same time in Colorado, weather alerts went out warning of heavy thunderstorms and baseball-sized hail. The two disasters were separated by a thousand miles, but scientists are now finding they're connected."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Forests [10]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NPR [42], 10/25/2022
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"‘It’s Like A Death:’ What It’s Like To Leave One Flood-Prone Community" [43]

"SOCASTEE, S.C. — On the day she would finally move to higher ground, Terri Straka awoke in the neighborhood where she had lived for three decades, but a place steadily becoming less recognizable."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
People & Population [44]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [7]
Source: Washington Post [45], 10/25/2022
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