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America's coastal cities are a hidden time bomb

Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t.
Maine's itchy caterpillar plague is making summer worse
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Maine's itchy caterpillar plague is making summer worse

Climate change is keeping temperatures higher in the fall, setting up browntail-moth caterpillars to boom in summer. It's a significant health hazard.

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Urban density is not the problem

Despite ample evidence that urbanites live longer and healthier lives than their counterparts in rural areas, the spread of the coronavirus - and New York City's tragic experience in particular - has fueled a dubious association between population density and contagion.

It’s (mostly) not FEMA’s fault
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It’s (mostly) not FEMA’s fault

The problems blamed on emergency managers are often caused by the shortcomings of other governmental bodies, both before and after disasters.
Cape Town to set up disaster operations HQ for water crisis - ABC News
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Cape Town to set up disaster operations HQ for water crisis - ABC News

South Africa's police and military will help secure water collection sites in drought-stricken Cape Town if authorities must turn off most taps on what they call "Day Zero," a date currently projected to fall in the first half of April, the city said Sunday.

Obama expected to address mayors' summit on climate change
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Obama expected to address mayors' summit on climate change

Former President Barack Obama is expected to address a gathering of mayors from around the globe convening in Chicago to discuss climate change after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will pull out of the Paris climate accord.

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