hurricanes
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Former Hurricane Ophelia Is Making London Look Pretty Apocalyptic Right Now
If you’re in London right now you might want to look out your window. It’s disturbing to say the least.
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Alphabet’s X Approved To Deploy Project Loon LTE Balloons To Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
Photo: ilitephoto/Flickr Project Loon, the former Google X Lab enterprise to provide mobile data to rural areas and disaster zones via high-altitude weather balloons now run by Google’s parent company Alphabet, may soon get another major test drive.
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Politics Is Making Puerto Rico’s Problems Harder
All photos: AP Nearly a week after Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, US President Trump finally waived the Jones Act for the island, allowing more emergency supplies reach the battered territory’s shores. The World War I-era law prevented foreign-owned ships from delivering their goods for days, leaving Puerto Rico without enough food, water,…
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Hurricane Maria Left Puerto Rico Absolutely Devastated
Hurricane Irma pounded Puerto Rico earlier this month, leaving hundreds of thousands without power, but narrowly avoiding a worse-case scenario.