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The victims of Hurricane Ian are here
Pacyna, a 74-year-old man, died in US’ Florida while trying to get to higher ground during Hurricane Ian. Pacyna and his wife were trying to leave the house as it was collapsing, his daughter Michelle Schuline said. They were together for 30 years, so losing somebody like that and being there when it happened is…
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Hurricane Ian’s scale of destruction became clear in Florida
Hurricane Ian, which made landfall on Sanibel Island last week, destroyed “every single home” there, the island’s Vice Mayor Richard Johnson told CNN. He said that 95% of the homes have been visited by urban search and rescue teams. Ian made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane with winds of up to 135 kmph, before…
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See where it is moving higher in the coming decades
The damage from Hurricane Ian will cost billions of dollars and that the US can expect more storms like it as the planet warms up, scientists said. Some Floridians may end up paying more for insurance than they do for their mortgage, Florida’s state legislator said. Scientists said that if rates continue to rise by…
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The vulnerabilities of older mobile homes were highlighted by Hurricane Ian.
Hurricane Ian, that made landfall in Florida as a tropical storm on Monday, was downgraded to a Tropical Depression on Thursday. The National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall in South Carolina as a Hurricane on Friday, bringing with it winds and gusts of up to 90 km/h.
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The climate crisis may be changing the behavior of tornadoes.
Climate scientists have estimated that climate change caused a storm to drop at least 10% more rain than it would’ve without global warming. In a preliminary analysis, they said climate change caused the storm to drop at least 10% more rains than it would’ve without global warming. This comes days after Hurricane Ian made landfall…
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There is a question about where I am going to go after the hurricanes and the housing crunch.
Two people died after a house collapsed due to Hurricane Ian’s surge in the US state of Florida on Wednesday. A woman was killed after a tree fell on her home and her son was killed after he tried to rescue her. Hurricane Ian made landfall in the state as a tropical storm on Tuesday…
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At least 19 people have died and millions of people are without power as a result of Hurricane Ian.
Hurricane Ian struck South Carolina on Thursday and is expected to hit the state on Friday. Ian was downgraded to a Tropical Storm on Thursday, hours after making landfall in the US state of Florida. “Ian is forecast to weaken into a tropical storm…by Friday,” the US National Hurricane Center said.
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They were hit by the storm a month ago, but FEMA has done nothing thus far.
Over 500 people have been rescued from floodwaters in Florida, the hardest-hit state by Hurricane Ian, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM). Over 300 people had been rescued in Charlotte and Lee counties, it added. Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Category 1 storm on October 6 and has left over 40…