Suicides among youth who evacuated Alaska Native villages after Typhoon Halong raise concerns around trauma responses to the climate disaster.
Environment & Climate
A reporter looked at data from two Central Valley counties and found people who had domestic wells were more likely than not to have nitrate levels in their wells above the safe drinking limit.
Almost every community in the Chicago area is at risk of flooding, and powerful storms are expected to increase. Here’s what to know about flood insurance.
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration says it will spend more than $520 million to fix homes and the sewer infrastructure needed to help prevent future floods. Residents are growing impatient.
Pacoima is hemmed in by highways and heavy industry, and its residents are fighting pollution with hyperlocal air quality monitoring.
“Every person in Detroit is at risk for flooding – every single household,” says University of Michigan epidemiologist Peter Larson.
Locals who depend on the sea for food and culture are trying to understand the risks to traditional foods and wildlife populations in a region undergoing myriad changes.
Threats from multiple types of toxin-producing algae and algae-like organisms are rising as does the water temperature.
Harm reduction groups and health care workers helped avert the worst after Hurricane Helene. But what about the next emergency?
Some 70,000 homes flooded in 2023, leaving mold in many West Side homes, including in Dorothy Rosenthal’s basement. The Chicago health department offers no help to flood victims like her.