America’s urban search and rescue teams are facing financial and political pressure. But their work has never been more in-demand, as weather disasters get more common.
Hurricane Helene
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A year after Helene, a group of raft guides embarks on a river clean-up mission
A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there’s just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up.
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Why knowing your neighbors can be an important climate solution
Earthaven Ecovillage fared remarkably well after Hurricane Helene. The community had backup power and water systems, as well as food supplies, but members also knew how to work together in a crisis.
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Recovery Failure: Why we struggle to rebuild for the next storm
NPR and the PBS series Frontline investigate the forces keeping communities from building resiliently, and the special interests that profit even when communities don’t.Â
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Months after Hurricane Helene, some North Carolinians still struggle to find housing
Eight months after Hurricane Helene, communities in western North Carolina still see evidence of the storm’s destruction. For many, the biggest problem remains finding an affordable place to live.
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North Carolina had a housing crisis before Hurricane Helene; now it’s even worse
Hurricanes have gotten larger and wetter because of climate change and inland communities are at greater risk from heavy flooding. That’s what Hurricane Helene did to western North Carolina last year.
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Are people moving because of climate change?
We hear a lot about climate migration—the idea that people will have to move as climate change makes some places unlivable. But is this something we’re still waiting for, or is it already happening?
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Trump travels to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California
President Trump is taking the first trip of his term on Friday to North Carolina and California, visiting communities grappling with recovery from natural disasters.
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Undocumented people are among most vulnerable to climate-infused disasters
Many undocumented people are not eligible for federal financial disaster aid and several remain fearful even when help is offered.
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Nationwide IV fluid shortage changing how hospitals manage patient hydration
Many U.S. hospitals are conserving critical intravenous fluids to cope with a supply shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. They’re changing protocols for administering drugs and hydration through IVs.
