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Hurricane Harvey more than doubled the acidity of Texas' Galveston Bay, threatening oyster reefs

Most people associate hurricanes with high winds, intense rain and rapid flooding on land. But these storms can also change the chemistry of coastal waters. Such shifts are less visible than damage on land, but they can have dire consequences for marine life and coastal ocean ecosystems.

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Hurricane deaths at nursing home: accident or manslaughter?

The trial of a Florida nursing home administrator accused of causing the overheating deaths of nine patients after a 2017 hurricane is underway

The Independent UK

No storms? What hurricane hunters and forecasters do the other 6 months of year

TAMPA, Fla. -- Between the hum of the plane’s engine and the blasting winds outside, Cmdr. Adam Abitbol listens to what he calls his playlist du jour. It’s sometimes made up of hip-hop. Or Indie. Or classical. But never country.

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Soundbites: Will you be Groovin' at Maitland?

Groovin The Moo's 2023 line-up, The Smashing Pumpkins, Hurricane Fall release new single, Camino Gold's residency at The Lass, our top five gigs this week, and more music news.

Newcastle Herald

Aldi shoppers love 'giant' £25 Jo Malone dupe candle that's 'perfect for Valentine's Day'

The candle has received hundreds of five-star reviews online with shoppers saying 'it lasts ages'

Daily Mirror

A Florida dairy farm lost 360 cows in Hurricane Ian. Can the damaged business survive?

Hurricane Ian inflicted more punishment on Dakin Dairy Farms than any other storm in history. Owner Jerry Dakin estimates the damage at $3 million, plus 360 cows lost during the storm.

Miami Herald

Migrants in massive numbers try to reach Florida. What happens to their abandoned boats?

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Grounded in sand bars, adrift in the sea or washed onto private beaches, the boats keep piling up: rafts made from Styrofoam, sailboats, hollowed-out drums attached to ironing boards.

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All Countries ‘Dangerously Unprepared’ for Future Pandemics, Says IFRC

The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future pandemics, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) say in a report published on Monday, calling on countries to update their preparedness plans by year-end. In its World Disasters Report 2022, the IFRC said "all countries remain dangerously…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Nasty storm' with hurricane force winds of 128km/h to narrowly avoid Ireland this week

Winds with gusts of up to 128km/h are forecast to batter parts of Scotland

Irish Mirror

Florida counties tally Hurricane Ian costs to recoup millions from FEMA

ORLANDO, Fla. — Four months after Hurricane Ian plowed through the state, Central Florida governments continue tallying the costs and assembling reports for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, hoping to recoup a chunk of the tens of millions of dollars spent on getting rid of debris, evacuating residents from flooded…

Orlando Sentinel

Girl, 17, dies after school staff 'trained to assume students will lie about illness'

Dad Dean Goodridge launched a lawsuit against Diamond Ranch Academy in Hurricane, Utah, US, after his daughter Taylor, 17, collapsed and died after complaining of abdominal pain

Daily Mirror

Filipino workers: Oil company abandoned us in Hurricane Ida

Ten Filipino men who worked for a major offshore oil industry employer under federally granted visas claim in a federal lawsuit they were treated like prisoners at a company bunkhouse and that some of them were abandoned there when Hurricane Ida struck the Louisiana Gulf Coast in August 2021

The Independent UK

Climate insurance is becoming a world of haves and have-nots

Two reports give a very different assessment of the world's financial preparedness for climate-related damage.

Fortune

After 18 years, $1.5B dike repair done at Florida's Lake O

After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project has officially been completed to repair a sprawling dike around Florida’s Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people from potentially catastrophic flooding during hurricanes

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Sold an American Dream, these workers from India wound up living a nightmare

After Hurricane Katrina in 2006, hundreds of workers from India were promised jobs in what labor organizer Saket Soni calls "one of the largest cases of forced labor in modern U.S. history."

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Just what improvements qualify for Florida’s $10,000 home-hardening grant? Answers aren’t always easy to find

As early applicants to a Florida state-funded home improvement program analyze their wind-mitigation inspection reports, some say they are confused about what home-hardening improvements will be eligible for up to $10,000 in $2-to-$1 matching grant funds.

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Ex-Miami QB Jake Garcia transferring to Missouri; center Jakai Clark enters portal

Former Miami Hurricanes quarterback Jake Garcia found a new school quickly.

The Independent UK

Remains of Florida residents believed to have died in Hurricane Ian still being recovered more than 100 days later

Lee County officials solved its final hurricane-related missing persons case on Sunday, officials said

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Wales Online

Warren Gatland’s shock first Wales squad as ruthless decisions changed everything

He blew into Welsh rugby like a hurricane

The Independent UK

Nursing home owner faces new lawsuit in Ida storm evacuation

A Louisiana nursing home owner is facing a new lawsuit over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021

Fortune

Jamie Dimon is waffling on his economic ‘hurricane’ take yet again. His bank is now calling a ‘mild recession’ later this year

Wall Street banks are building cash reserves to cope with a “mild recession.” It’s a more optimistic outlook than some CEOs have previously offered.

The Conversation

18 huge, billion-dollar disasters: Climate change helped make 2022 the 3rd most expensive year on record

U.S. weather disasters are getting costlier as more people move into vulnerable areas and climate change raises the risks of extreme heat and rainfall, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned as it released its annual billion-dollar disasters report on Jan. 10, 2023.

Miami Herald

No debate anymore: Climate change makes extreme weather worse, federal scientists say

MIAMI — South Florida has always been hot, rainy and vulnerable to hurricanes. So it’s understandable that some longtime residents remain skeptical that climate change is doing anything to make the region’s age-old problems any worse.

Tribune News Service

US climate disasters racked up $165 billion in damage in 2022

A massive hurricane, a historic drought and 16 other major disasters across the U.S. collectively racked up $165 billion in damages and killed at least 474 people in 2022, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration analysis published Tuesday.

Fortune

Jamie Dimon rattled the markets last year by comparing the coming recession to a 'hurricane.' Now he says it's just some 'storm clouds'

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he shouldn't have used the word "hurricane" to describe what lies ahead for the U.S. economy last year, but adds that there still are "storm clouds" and "heightened uncertainty."

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