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Oil-soaked birds found near oil spill at refinery after Ida

Louisiana wildlife officials say they have documented more than 100 oil-soaked birds after crude oil spilled from a refinery flooded during Hurricane Ida.

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Hurricane Ida and our summer from hell

Cue the round of media wondering if this is the moment people “wake up” to the climate crisis. If this is what waking up looks like, we’re screwed
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Pennsylvania officials: Thousands of water rescues made during tropical storm Ida

Rescue crews made thousands of water search operations in Pennsylvania Wednesday as Tropical Storm Ida dropped up to 8 inches of rain across the state.
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Tennessee flooding is made more common by climate change

In New York, downpours from Hurricane Henri set rainfall records this weekend. At the same time in Tennessee, an astonishing amount of rain led to flash flooding that killed at least 21 people. Though separated by nearly 1,000 miles, these two extreme weather incidents are examples of the same phenomenon: human-caused climate change supercharging extreme rainfall events.

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Haiti braces for Grace, Florida for Fred as storms brew

Tropical Depression Grace drenched earthquake-damaged Haiti on Monday, threatening to dump up to 15 inches of rain on a landscape where people are huddling in fields and searching for survivors.

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Jacqueline Savitz: Biden, US must strengthen efforts to fight climate change

Catastrophic climate events are ramping up every year, in large part because of all that carbon dioxide we're releasing and how it interacts with the atmosphere and our ocean.

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Rare subtropical storm takes shape in Atlantic Ocean

A tropical system brewed in an unusual part of the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday and could spin near land throughout the week.
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Biden’s Chance to Save the Everglades

Reviving the South Florida ecosystem enjoys bipartisan support and deserves federal funding.
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Hurricane Hunters’ grueling pace in 2020 may not abate with climate change

Amid a tumultuous year involving a pandemic, wildfires and heat waves, 2020 brought the most active Atlantic hurricane season since record-keeping began.

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World Meteorological Organization might start hurricane season 2 weeks earlier

Since 2000, about every other year, tropical storms have formed earlier than the official start date of June 1. So should the season open two weeks earlier?
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Climate change driving increased migration from Central America

This past autumn we witnessed the beginning of what may be one of the most straightforward examples of climate-induced migration in Central America. Around 10,000 people have already attempted to migrate northward after two devastating storms hit, and many more are planning to leave soon.

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SC impacted by 2 $1 billion weather disasters in 2020 out of the 50 recorded globally

Globally, 2020 was a record-breaking year for expensive weather disasters, with 50 hurricanes, fires and other hazards crossing the $1 billion mark for damages.
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