new video loaded: The Jamaican Families Torn Apart by Hurricane Melissa transcript Back transcript The Jamaican Families Torn Apart by Hurricane Melissa Days after a powerful hurricane made landfall in Jamaica, thousands of residents are now homeless and trying to make sense of how they narrowly survived. The New York Times traveled to the storm’s […]
Every year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and related agencies assign names to tropical storms and hurricanes. These names come from predetermined alphabetical lists to make storms easier to identify, track, and communicate about. But if one looks closely at these names, they will notice something striking — many sound soft, gentle, and conventionally feminine. […]
After a post from Elon Musk, the Trump administration issued orders that effectively halted $100 billion worth of FEMA disaster recovery grants nationwide. Christopher Flavelle, a New York Times reporter who covers disaster policy, describes how people hit by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina are still waiting for emergency funds. Source link
