A new climate-change report by the U.S. government offers little doubt that Hurricane Harvey's catastrophic rainfall was worsened by rising global temperatures.
The National Hurricane Center released its final report on Hurricane Maria Monday and concluded that parts of the mountainous island likely got blasted by more fierce Cat 5 winds.
The international community, including the United States and Haiti, has pledged over $2 billion in grants and loans to help rebuild the Caribbean after hurricanes Irma and Maria. The amount is far less than the islands’ $5 billion rebuilding price tag, however.
The disaster-relief agency, under fire after Hurricane Maria, won’t release the plan, even as a comparable document for Hawaii remains public. -Justin Elliott and Decca Muldowney, ProPublica
