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On December 6, 2022, The Washington Post ran an article titled âAmerica Underwater: Extreme floods expose the flaws in FEMAâs risk maps.â The lengthy story by Samuel Oakford, John Muyskens, Sarah Cahlan and Joyce Sohyun Lee cross-referenced photos and videos with FEMA flood maps from areas around the country that flooded last summer. The basic [âŠ]
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Read MoreLast week, a story about âwind fingerprintsâ in The Washington Post caught my eye. It purported to show the difference between Ida and Katrina. The story by Bonnie Berkowitz and Laris Karklis starts with this teaser: âIda hit Louisiana with faster winds than Katrina, but a hurricaneâs category number is just part of what makes [âŠ]
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