natural disasters
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The Funeral Directors Deployed To America’s Deadliest Disasters
Last November, as wildfires ravaged the town of Paradise, California, Robert Vigil received an urgent call from the Department of Health and Human services (HHS). Local officials were racing to identify the remains of fire victims, and Vigil, who has spent 26 years as a funeral director in Yuma County, Arizona, was needed on the…
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As Camp Fire Overtook Paradise, Many Were Gridlocked Or Never Got Warning, Reports Say
The confirmed death toll in the Camp Fire, the deadliest and most destructive fire in California history, has risen to 76, with nearly 1,300 names still remaining on an ad hoc list of missing individuals. The town of Paradise, which a firestorm overtook in a matter of hours on Nov. 8, is more or less…
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Aerial Photos Reveal The Devastation Left By Florence
After ploughing into the North Carolina coast late last week, Florence lingered over the Carolinas all weekend like an unwanted house guest. Though its winds had slackened to a tropical depression by Sunday local time, the record-setting rains it unleashed have created a flooding catastrophe that is still unfolding. The scale of that catastrophe is…
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As The World Burns, Australia Will Have Fewer Firefighters To Share
As out-of-control bushfires raged across the US West, US firefighting authorities took a seemingly unusual step late last month: They called up Australia and New Zealand and asked for help.