Impacts www.nytimes.com Hurricane Laura passed, but disaster still looms for Texas We survived Hurricane Laura, but the Gulf Coast needs better surge protections for the next one.
Politics www.nytimes.com Cities widely ignore federal flood protection rules, with few penalties Cities and towns nationwide are failing to properly restrict construction in flood zones, an analysis for The Times found, violating taxpayer-subsidized insurance rules.
Op-ed: “I’m sorry, I can’t hear you” — disabling environments in Cancer Alley and the Ohio River Valley
