A list of stories that dig into the “ingredients” of recent natural hazard-related disasters.
Natural Disasters
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
How rural America is failing migrants. The life lessons of soccer strategy. Moving on after the unthinkable happens. One house’s unsettling past. And a conversation between film icons. (Who doesn’t need more Nic Cage?) Welcome to our editors’ five favorite stories of the week. 1. What Happened to Rezwan Kartikay Mehrotra, Matti Gellman | ProPublica, […]
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Fire/Flood: A Southern California Pastoral
In and around Los Angeles, natural and man-made disasters have been inextricable for almost two centuries.
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Into the Mouth of Madness and Out Again, Alive
“The pool drill, the rock drill, the sedation drill. Everything is done. Everything but the thing that’s never been done.”
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Volcanologist’s Dilemma
In Naples, scientists find themselves grappling with unpredictable volcanoes and skeptical residents.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Monster Beneath
While Mount Vesuvius gets all the publicity, Naples’ Campi Flegrei — a caldera volcano — might be the most dangerous for the hundreds of thousands of residents within its red zone.
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Two Brothers, Two Earthquakes
On Sept. 19, 2017 a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico, sending panicked residents fleeing into the streets. For two brothers the fear was familiar—they had experienced this exactly 32 years before.
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They Call It Canaan
In the aftermath of disaster, as new communities thousands-strong coalesce in the countryside around Port-au-Prince, Haitians ask: what makes a city?