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An earthquake of 7.5 magnitude in Sand Point, Alaska led to a tsunami of about 130cm. An advisory was sent to the tsunami warning center in Palmer, Alaska. Several aftershocks occurred within an hour after the big earthquake. Although, the center mentioned that the US and Canadian Pacific coasts in!-->…
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With thousands of people filing for unemployment insurance and millions of acres of cropland flattened, along with numerous homes and businesses, the thunderstorm that swept through the Midwest in August and focused its destruction in Iowa is noted as the most costly thunderstorm event in recorded!-->…
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Tens of millions of Americans have experienced the thick haze of wildfire smoke over the past few months. While immediate health effects are known, long-term lung function after smoke exposure is much less understood. For more information, click here.
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As Hurricane Delta makes landfall in the continental U.S., it brings along disaster and devastation. Although only a category 2 hurricane (Hurricane Laura which made landfall earlier this year was a category 4 hurricane), it still brought immense destruction to Louisiana. Along with the storms and!-->…
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Hurricane Delta touched a few days ago in Louisiana, an area still dealing with the fallout of Hurricane Laura which hit just two months ago. Areas of Louisiana are experiencing major flooding, and 5.5 million people in the surrounding area are under flash flood warning. Hurricane Delta made!-->…
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Adding onto the various disasters of 2020, the southeast coast is dealing with a string of tropical storms. There have been 25 hurricanes this year alone, exhausting the available hurricane names the National Hurricane Center had prepared for this year's hurricane season. This means that new!-->…
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The first time in decades, the August Complex that began in an area in California has spread and burned at least 1,002,000 acres. Since August 16, the area is bigger than Rhode Island in size. In 2020 until now, there have been 4 million acres of land across the nation burned by wildfires. Millions!-->…
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This year Americans have spent more time in emergency housing than any year in the past decade, with three months still to go in 2020. This is striking considering that the wildfire season is just beginning and that hurricanes are still a danger. The increase in natural disasters caused by climate!-->…
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Indigenous groups have traditionally set fires to improve the health of forests and reduce underbush. This practice was reduced after Europeans settled in the US and functionally stopped after “The Big Blowup” wildfire in 1910. Experts saw the risk of this, and in the 1990s forest managers!-->…
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Amongst all the havoc that Hurrican Sally has wreaked last week, there is some good news. The public health department in Mobile County (Alabama) has reported a decrease in COVID-19 cases which they believe the hurricane may have played a role in. Dr. Scott Chavers with the Mobile County Health!-->…
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Blazing with increasing intensity and size each year, California fires have burned a total of 10.8 million acres (and counting) in the past decade. About 3 million of those acres were burnt in 2020 alone. Fire season will most likely continue into the rest of autumn as new fires tend to come along!-->…
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Throughout the past couple months, California—and the west coast—have been plagued by multiple fires. The lengthy fire season and greater intensity of fires have been linked to climate change. Millions of acres of land have been destroyed, leading to thousands of evacuees seeking refuge during a!-->…
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The August Complex fire is the largest fire in the history of California burns. More than 471,000 acres of land has been burned. The Complex fire has now beaten the 2018 Medocino Complex fires that burned 459,000 acres. There were 30 individual fires all caused by lightning. More fires all!-->…
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The intense fires in California continue to burn through Butte, Plumas, and Yuba counties. The number of death residents has increased to 10 people, and 16 people still remain missing. The fires, called the North Complex, have burned almost 252,000 acres of land. Smog continues to fill the clouds,!-->…
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