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‘Praying for rain’: How New York farmers are dealing with drought — and unexpected brush fires
The dry weather in the Hudson Valley speaks to the difficulty of growing food on a warming planet.
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Mexico is offering water to South Texas. But there’s a catch farmers aren’t happy about.
Farmers say they want the water, but not if it goes against the allotment they need for the spring planting season.
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What Election Day looked like for voters in hurricane-battered communities across Florida and North Carolina
Voters showed up in droves to cast their ballots, navigating last-minute polling changes spurred by hurricanes Helene and Milton.
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Voter turnout is surging in the key swing states hammered by Hurricane Helene
What record early voting in Georgia and North Carolina says about the storm and the stakes of the election.
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![Yellow police tape is draped in front of a parking lot in which cars sit in several feet of water]()
![Yellow police tape is draped in front of a parking lot in which cars sit in several feet of water]()
Climate-fueled extreme weather is hiking up car insurance rates
Home insurers have raised premiums after extreme weather events. Now car insurers in the U.S. are doing the same thing.
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Chronic health problems amplify heat risk in the Rio Grande Valley
The deaths of two elderly siblings and their 60-year-old caretaker at first mystified Brownsville. Extreme heat is a quiet but growing threat for Rio Grande Valley residents with chronic health conditions.
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Helene and Milton upended a key part of the nation’s agriculture system
America depends on Southeastern agriculture. After two hurricanes and billions of dollars in damages, the US food supply chain faces an uncertain future.
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One issue will decide Arizona’s future. Nobody’s campaigning on it.
The fate of the state’s water depends on this election. For politicians and voters, it’s mostly an afterthought.
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Tribes help tribes after natural disasters. Helene is no different.
Tribal nations long ago learned to stitch together a patchwork of support to help each other cope with disasters like Hurricane Helene.
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![A mobile home is seen among trees after Hurricane Helene]()
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When hurricane evacuation isn’t an option
Not everyone rides out storms like Milton or Helene by choice. Some simply cannot afford to flee.
