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How one North Carolina farm is coping post-Helene

by Alice Wilder
Oct 18, 2024
The team at Hickory Nut Gap Farm, outside of Asheville, has made significant progress cleaning up storm-related debris.
Selling to restaurants makes up a large portion of Hickory Nut Gap Farm's business. But many in the area have been closed since the storm hit.
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After Helene, communication blackouts made it harder for residents to get accurate updates

by Zachary Turner
Oct 11, 2024
The hurricane toppled power lines — around 86,000 North Carolina residents are still waiting on power, according to the governor's office.
A felled utility pole in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Asheville, North Carolina. Many residents remain without power or reliable cell service.
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Why insurance companies and homeowners need better hurricane modeling

by Amy Scott
Oct 9, 2024
More frequent severe storms mean there are, unfortunately, more opportunities to learn how to better estimate economic damage.
Two people survey damage to their home after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, last month. It may soon be difficult to differentiate damage from Helene and Hurricane Milton, expected to make landfall late Wednesday.
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Better hurricane forecasts are preventing damage and saving money, study says

by Daniel Ackerman
Jun 13, 2024
Computing power is helping make sure there are fewer false alarms.
False alarms can lull people into a false sense of security, says Tatyana Deryugina, an environmental economist at the University of Illinois.
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He assesses climate risk on the housing market, and he wants your attention

by Amy Scott and Aleezeh Hasan
Jun 12, 2024
As people become more aware of living in vulnerable areas, home prices will gradually reflect that risk, says Tim Judge of Fannie Mae.
"We do need every state to have flood disclosures," says Fannie Mae's Tim Judge. Above, water from a flash flood surrounds a home in Thermal, California, after a monsoonal thunderstorm in September.
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A look back at the 2020 Creek Fire and a harrowing escape

by Kerry Klein
Apr 4, 2024
Nearly 250 campers had to be airlifted out of the Sierra Nevada mountains after the fire trapped them at a lake.
Years after the 2020 Creek Fire, parts of the Sierra National Forest remain denuded and bare, like this section being surveyed and restored by workers with the U.S. Forest Service in August of 2023.
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More Americans are going without homeowners insurance. That could spell trouble.

by Samantha Fields
Aug 29, 2023
They're dropping coverage as premiums rise and protection shrinks, despite extreme weather brought on by climate change.
A couple in the Gulf Coast community of Steinhatchee, Florida, board up their house in preparation for Hurricane Idalia on Tuesday.
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How Germany's Ahr region found a way to sell wine after a devastating flood

by Victoria Craig
Sep 28, 2021
Vineyards in the Ahr Valley were destroyed by the summer floods, but that opened up a unique business opportunity for the area. Meet FlutWein.
Peter Kriechel and Daniel Kollar (in shorts) are the founders of FlutWein, which has been successful selling wine from the flood-ravaged Ahr wine region.
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Midwest flooding brings high infrastructure costs

by Peggy Lowe
Dec 27, 2019
A lot of repair and recovery work hasn't even started yet.
Tom Bullock, emergency services director of Holt County, Missouri, stands on a broken bridge on U.S. 159. Although a state contract has been issued for its repair, work still hasn’t started.
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For a recovering restaurant in Puerto Rico, sometimes it's just about making it through the day

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 29, 2018
An executive chef in San Juan describes life in the food industry post-Hurricane Maria.
An American flag and Puerto Rican flag fly next to each other in Old San Juan in Puerto Rico.
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