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After Ida, Louisiana Struggles to Tally the Environmental Cost. Activists Say Officials Must Do Better

The state was still recovering from five named storms in 2020 when the Category 4 hurricane walloped the Gulf Coast with 150 mph winds.

By James Bruggers

An oil flare burns at the Royal Dutch Shell Norco Refinery during a power outage caused by Hurricane Ida in LaPlace, Louisiana, on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Credit: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Wranglers guide a herd of stranded cows to higher ground as flood waters rise, due to a levy break Sept. 24, 2005 in Chauvin, Louisiana. Hurricane Rita caused massive damage as it moved across western Louisiana. Credit: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

As Extreme Weather Batters America’s Farm Country, Costing Billions, Banks Ignore the Financial Risks of Climate Change

By Georgina Gustin

People walk down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

After Hurricane Harvey, a Heated Debate Over Flood Control Funds in Texas’ Harris County

By Aman Azhar

San Miguel County Firefighters battle a brush fire along Japatul Road during the Valley Fire in Jamul, California on Sept. 6, 2020 Credit: Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images

Billion-Dollar Disasters: The Costs, in Lives and Dollars, Have Never Been So High

By Judy Fahys

Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies

Battered, Flooded and Submerged: Many Superfund Sites are Dangerously Threatened by Climate Change

By DAVID HASEMYER, INSIDECLIMATE NEWS, AND LISE OLSEN, TEXAS OBSERVER

China's paramilitary police officers evacuate a resident on a flooded street following heavy rain in Meishan in China's southwestern Sichuan province. Credit: STR/AFP via Getty Images

10 Days of Climate Extremes: From Record Heat to Wildfires to the One-Two Punch of Hurricane Laura

By Bob Berwyn

A street is seen strewn with debris and downed power lines after Hurricane Laura passed through the area on August 27, 2020 in Lake Charles, Louisiana . The hurricane hit with powerful winds causing extensive damage to the city.

Laura Rapidly Intensified Over a Super-Warm Gulf. Only the Storm Surge Faltered

By Bob Berwyn, James Bruggers

A view of the site of the Hennessey Fire exploded Tuesday afternoon and nearly doubled in size in a matter of minutes, on August 19, 2020 in Vacaville, California. Credit: Neal Waters/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Paying for Extreme Weather: Wildfire, Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Quadrupled in Cost Since 1980

By Bob Berwyn

American Climate Video: The Driftwood Inn Had an ‘Old Florida’ Feel, Until it Was Gone

By Katelyn Weisbrod

American Climate Video: A Pastor Taught His Church to See a Blessing in the Devastation of Hurricane Michael

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Evacuees rest in a makeshift shelter at an elementary school in Florida ahead of Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Credit: Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images

Hurricane Season Collides With Coronavirus, as Communities Plan For Dual Emergencies

By James Bruggers, Amy Green

Tan Smiley. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

American Climate Video: How Hurricane Michael Destroyed Tan Smiley’s Best Laid Plans

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A full moon rises over the Valero Refinery. Credit: David Woo/Corbis via Getty Images

Covid-19 and Climate Change Threats Compound in Minority Communities

By Kristoffer Tigue

Gina Vicari. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

American Climate: She Thought She Could Ride Out the Storm, Her Daughter Said. It Was a Fatal Mistake

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Al Cathey. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey/InsideClimate News

American Climate Video: Al Cathey Had Seen Hurricanes, but Nothing Like Michael

By Vernon Loeb

Rescues during flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Houston in 2017. Credit: Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty Images

Earth's Hottest Decade on Record Marked by Extreme Storms, Deadly Wildfires

By Bob Berwyn

Mexico Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Michael. Credit: Anna Belle Peevey

The American Climate Project: The Shared Experience of Disaster

By INSIDECLIMATE NEWS

Hurricane Lorenzo on Sept. 28, 2019, became the strongest hurricane on record in the eastern-most Atlantic Ocean as it headed toward the Azores. Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System

The History of Ancient Hurricanes Is Written in Sand and Mud

By SOPHIE RUEHR

People carried their possessions through what remained of The Mudd area of Great Abaco island on Sept. 5, 2019, five days after Hurricane Dorian struck with Category 5 winds and a powerful storm surge. Credit: Jose Jimenez/Getty Images

A Shantytown’s Warning to the World from the Hurricane-Ravaged Bahamas

By Phil McKenna

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