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A year after the floods, Texas mulls lessons of Hurricane Harvey

by Andy Uhler
Aug 24, 2018
Greater Houston area residents are voting on a bond to fund flood mitigation.
Residents evacuate an apartment complex in west Houston where high water coming from the Addicks Reservoir flooded the area after Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017.
Photo by Erich Schlegel/Getty Images
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The long recovery: 2017’s biggest natural disasters

Mayor of Naples, Florida, unfazed by hurricane damage

by Kimberly Adams , Paulina Velasco and Katie Long
Dec 27, 2017
With cleanup efforts after Hurricane Irma complete, the city anticipates that tourism season won't be impacted.
Flooded homes stand in a rural part of Naples, Florida the day after Hurricane Irma swept through the area.
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Economics of Disaster

"No place for you to live": 100 days after Harvey, these Texans still have no homes

by Andy Uhler
Dec 1, 2017
Rockport, Texas' mayor admits he doesn't have any place to put people who want to return home.
A hotel in Rockport, on the southeast Texas coast, is months, if not years, away from operation after Hurricane Harvey.
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Nervous Americans are shelling out for travel insurance

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Nov 13, 2017
Travelers, wary of potential terrorism and natural disasters, are increasingly protecting themselves in advance.
Americans spent almost $3 billion on insurance in 2016, up 19 percent from two years earlier, the US Travel Insurance Association says. Above, travelers make their way to flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
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FEMA’s Atlanta Distribution Center has been running for about 17 hours a day since Hurricane Harvey

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 25, 2017
FEMA's logistical response to disasters have improved since Hurricane Katrina.
David Johnson, manager of FEMA’s Atlanta Distribution Center, said the warehouse has been running for about 17 hours day since Hurricane Harvey.
Elly Yu/ for Marketplace
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Weather Economy

Hurricanes Irma and Harvey are causing an insurance adjuster shortage

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 14, 2017
Some adjusters can make $100,000 in a month because of increased demand.
Jose Orosz walks his dog Karen by a beachfront home destroyed by Hurricane Irma on September 13, 2017 in Vilano Beach, Florida. Nearly 4 million people remained without power more than two days after Irma swept through the state.
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Weather Economy

Their homes escaped flooding, but the fear lingers

by Paulina Velasco
Sep 1, 2017
"Everyone becomes on edge when you hear any type of heavy rainfall," a Louisiana homeowner says.
A flooded street in Cypress, Texas, northwest of Houston.
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