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Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters

Flaws in the state’s emergency response system were laid bare by Hurricane Beryl last July. Residents of places like Houston’s Fifth Ward had to fend for themselves as they were tormented by wind, water, power outages and chemical releases.

By Jana Cholakovska, Public Health Watch

Sandra Edwards, who lives in Houston’s Fifth Ward, is still trying to recover from Hurricane Beryl, which badly damaged her home last July. “The government doesn’t care about us,” she says. Credit: Mark Felix/Public Health Watch

Emma Duarte, 40, and her daughter Emily Juarez Duarte, 2, try and catch a breeze in the doorway of their trailer in the Corkill Park RV & Mobile Homes in Desert Hot Springs on June 10, 2021. Their RV park suffered power loss from time to time and during recent extreme heat waves. Credit: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

When the Power Goes Out, Who Suffers? Climate Epidemiologists Are Now Trying to Figure That Out

By Laura Baisas

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