"Thousands of homeowners in inland North and South Carolina stand to be inundated by Hurricane Florence’s drenching over the next few days, but hardly any of them carry federal flood insurance, leaving them at risk of a devastating loss, with little prospect of help from the federal government."
"Hurricane Florence lumbered toward the Carolinas on Thursday as a slow-moving giant, churning up a powerful storm surge that could reach 13 feet at high tide and devastate hundreds of miles of shoreline. ... The hurricane was unusual for a variety of reasons—and it was being made worse by climate change, a team of scientists said Wednesday."
"As Hurricane Florence bore down on the U.S. on Thursday, President Donald Trump angrily churned up the devastating storm of a year earlier, disputing the official death count from Hurricane Maria and falsely accusing Democrats of inflating the Puerto Rican toll to make him “look as bad as possible.”"
"A series of gas explosions one official described as "Armageddon" left at least 10 people injured and ignited fires in at least 39 homes in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover Thursday, forcing entire neighborhoods to evacuate and drawing first responders from as far away as Boston and Manchester, N.H., as crews scrambled to fight fires and turn off gas and electric lines to prevent further damage."
"Hurricane Florence lashed the North Carolina coast early Friday morning, leaving major flooding, damage to homes and businesses, at least 150 people stranded in storm surge and more than 300,000 homes and businesses without power."
"The Trump administration's plan to soften methane standards for the oil and gas industry is the first step in a larger effort to dismantle greenhouse gas rules for the booming sector."
"The United States may have reclaimed the title of the world's biggest oil producer sooner than expected."
"The Environmental Protection Agency is assessing the vulnerability of at least 40 toxic waste sites that could be damaged by Hurricane Florence in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. But that review does not include dozens of inland Superfund sites that potentially could be flooded by the storm’s fluctuating path."
"Dozens of toxic coal ash piles across the Southeast are in the path of what is forecast to be days of torrential rains and flash flooding from Hurricane Florence."
"Several nuclear power reactors in North and South Carolina and Virginia on Tuesday started to prepare for Hurricane Florence, which is expected to hit the coast as a major hurricane on Friday."
