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The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
A thirsty megafarm is driving a libertarian enclave in Arizona to embrace a radical solution: government regulation.
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The ‘hurricane tax’: How Ian is pushing Florida’s home insurance market toward collapse
The storm is poised to be one of the largest insured loss events in U.S. history.
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![An aerial picture shows flooding from Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida.]()
![An aerial picture shows flooding from Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida.]()
Hurricane Ian was a powerful storm. Real estate developers made it a catastrophe.
'Dredge-and-fill' created thousands of homes vulnerable to storm surge.
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Left Behind
What life is like for the last residents of Staten Island's Oakwood Beach.
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America’s oldest Black town is trapped between rebuilding and retreating
The decline of Princeville, North Carolina, is a testament to just how much history is at risk in an era of accelerating climate change.
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Torn Apart
In Houston, a generations-deep community is being dismantled by mandatory buyouts.
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How to keep older adults safer during heat waves? Give them housemates.
In France, a deadly heat wave gave rise to an intergenerational housing movement.
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![Residents of Everson traverse chest-high water to leave their homes.]()
![Residents of Everson traverse chest-high water to leave their homes.]()
Displaced Washington flood survivors ‘in limbo’ while awaiting federal aid
Climate change is straining FEMA’s capacity to help people after a disaster.
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![In this aerial view, floodwater surrounds a house as the Kentucky National Guard fly a recon and rescue mission on July 30, 2022 in Breathitt County near Jackson, Kentucky. Flood waters have receded but still surround much of the area. At least 25 people have been killed in the state, with hundreds rescued, but many still unaccounted for amid flooding after heavy rainfall.]()
![In this aerial view, floodwater surrounds a house as the Kentucky National Guard fly a recon and rescue mission on July 30, 2022 in Breathitt County near Jackson, Kentucky. Flood waters have receded but still surround much of the area. At least 25 people have been killed in the state, with hundreds rescued, but many still unaccounted for amid flooding after heavy rainfall.]()
After FEMA overhaul, hundreds of thousands of Americans are forgoing federal flood insurance
The total number of National Flood Insurance Program policies has decreased nearly 9 percent since last fall.
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The plan to turn blighted houses into a new source of green power for the grid
A California nonprofit is retrofitting homes to make a "virtual power plant" — and fighting gentrification at the same time.
