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"Cyclone Lashes Bangladesh Killing Nine, Flooding Low-Lying Areas" [1]

"A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said."

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Public [5]
Asia [6]
Source: Reuters [7], 10/25/2022
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"Arrest Of Forest Service Employee Sparks Tension In Rural Oregon" [8]

"When U.S. Forest Service personnel started a prescribed burn in a national forest in rural Oregon on Wednesday, Tonna and Mandy Holliday were scared. The sisters, who run the Windy Point Cattle Co., lived nearby and knew conditions were dry."

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Forests [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Source: Washington Post [12], 10/24/2022
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Seattle And Portland Have World's Worst Air Quality Due To Wildfire Smoke [13]

"Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, were the two major cities with the worst air quality in the world Thursday due to wildfires burning in the Pacific Northwest."

Air [14]
Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Forests [9]
Pollution [16]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
California [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Canada [19]
Source: HuffPost [20], 10/21/2022
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"Some Risks Too Big: Insurers Withdraw From Fossil Projects" [21]

"Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
International [24]
Source: AP [25], 10/20/2022
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"Flooding in Nigeria Has Killed More Than 600 People, The Government Says" [26]

"More than 600 people have died in the worst floods Nigeria has seen in more than a decade, according to the nation's humanitarian affairs department."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Africa [27]
Source: NPR [28], 10/20/2022
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"Florida Sees Rise In Flesh-Eating Bacteria Amid Ian Concerns" [29]

"Florida has seen an increase in cases of flesh-eating bacteria this year driven largely by a surge in the county hit hardest by Hurricane Ian."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: AP [31], 10/20/2022
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"Treasury To Insurers: Divulge Your Climate Risks" [32]

"The Biden administration launched an unprecedented effort Tuesday to analyze how climate change is affecting property insurance costs and availability. The move comes as homeowners face soaring premiums in several states and dwindling insurance options."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [22]
Journalism & Media [33]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: E&E News [34], 10/19/2022
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"Weak Florida Planning Law Boosted Ian’s Destructive Power" [35]

"Could the [Fort Meyers] region have been spared some of the damage with more aggressive planning and zoning? “Yes,” planners and resilience experts say. Sound land use planning builds stronger communities — physically, socially and politically. Yet Florida lawmakers effectively killed the state’s ability to check urban sprawl a decade ago with the passage of a reform measure called the 2011 Community Planning Act."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [22]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Planning & Growth [36]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Source: E&E News [37], 10/14/2022
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"Amid Rising Seas, Atlantic City Has No Plans For Retreat" [38]

"Some cities around the world are pulling back from shorelines, as rising seas from climate change increase flooding. But so far, retreat appears out of the question for Atlantic City, New Jersey."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [22]
Planning & Growth [36]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [39]
Source: AP [40], 10/13/2022
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"With Fall Migration, Bird Flu Flies Back Into Town" [41]

"Zoos, bird rescue groups and other animal facilities are grappling with a “radically different” outbreak of avian influenza."

Agriculture [42]
Biodiversity [43]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [15]
Wildlife [44]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [17]
Source: NYTimes [45], 10/12/2022
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