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Hurricane Otis and the world we live in now

The unexpected Category 5 storm is just the latest in a series of unprecedented climate disasters this year.
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What a record-breaking hurricane looks like

Hurricane Lee grew from a category one storm to a category five hurricane in 24 hours. Experts say such storms are more likely in a warming world.
Climate change is making evacuation harder

Fleeing disaster is hard. Climate change is making it harder

Hurricane Ida and California wildfires are two sides of the same coin: On a warmer planet, it’s getting harder to evacuate from extreme events.
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We’re hitting the limits of hurricane preparedness

Cities simply don’t have enough time to run from a storm like Ida.
Hurricane Ida is a manmade disaster

Hurricane Ida is a manmade disaster

The same fossil fuel industry whose emissions helped intensify the storm also modified the Louisiana coastline to make it more vulnerable to flooding.
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