hurricanes

‘We Need Answers’: Hurricane Michael Leaves Florida Residents Desperate for Aid

People salvaged supplies from a destroyed business the day after Hurricane Michael made landfall. Credit: Eric Thayer for The New…

6 years ago

A Broke, and Broken, Flood Insurance Program

Photo: David Clutter in front of his home in Long Beach, N.Y. After Hurricane Sandy, he had to take out…

7 years ago

Opinion: Desalination plant in Southern California is important to water security

Photo: Workers prepare a desalination plant for service at the Charles Meyer Desalination Facility in Santa Barbara this year. (Jim…

7 years ago

Private water wells in Texas test positive for contamination after Harvey

Nearly 60 percent of samples from 50 private water wells in Harris County tested positive for the bacteria sometimes found…

7 years ago

Puerto Rico is becoming a textbook example of how waterborne disease outbreaks spread

The disaster in Puerto Rico wrought by hurricane Maria is still unraveling one month after it hit. Most of the…

7 years ago