‘A Beautiful Place That Has A Dragon’ - Where Hurricane Risk Meets Booming Growth
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/19/upshot/carolina-hurricanes.html <-- shared media article
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“Hurricanes have always struck the shores of the United States.
But in recent decades, the combination of climate change and a growing coastal population has made them far more damaging — particularly in one corner of the Atlantic coast…"
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