Brady Dennis
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National environmental reporter for The Washington Post, focused primarily on the Southeast. Tar Heel born and bred. [email protected] https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/brady-dennis/
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I remember making my way to Chimney Rock just after Hurricane Helene hit, and struggling to grasp the scope of devastation. Almost 8 months later, I went back to see how a town that almost got wiped off the map is trying to resurrect itself:
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This town was wiped out by Helene. How does it come back?
Chimney Rock, N.C., a popular tourist destination, is hoping to welcome back visitors this summer. But nearly eight months after Hurricane Helene destroyed it, an uncertain future remains.
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My colleague Bri Sacks on a reality so many will face:
"Each major, once unfathomable disaster has been laying out the truth in clear, plain terms: In this era of climate change, there are fewer and fewer safe places. Great loss, for many of us, is inevitable."
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I’m a disaster reporter. But I was not prepared to watch my city burn.
In the era of climate change, contending with loss has become inevitable.
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DOGE cuts at a Florida manatee refuge have been reversed — for now
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In the Australian outback, people survive surging heat waves by living underground -- or else take on mounting energy costs to keep cool. A fascinating dispatch on how climate change is exacerbating racial and economic divides, by Michael E. Miller:
In the Australian outback, climate change widens the racial divide
In the scorching Australian opal mining town of Coober Pedy, White people live in cool “dugouts” while their Aboriginal neighbors suffer above, often without AC.
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