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Topic: Hurricane

Jamaica prepared for hurricane Melissa. It wasn’t enough

The hurricane underscored the financial and practical challenges of adapting to more frequent and destructive climate-driven Caribbean storms.

Hurricane Melissa kills 25 in Haiti, devastates Jamaica, pounds Cuba and barrels through Caribbean

The storm did not directly hit Haiti, the Caribbean's most populous nation, but lashed it with days of rain. Authorities attributed the deaths to floods after river burst its banks.

Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica, heads toward Cuba as powerful Category 4 storm

This is the strongest ever storm to hit the Caribbean island nation. Cuban authorities said they have evacuated about 500,000 people.

North Carolina gets community liaisons for Hurricane Helene recovery

The Biden-Harris administation diected the FEMA to deploy liaisons to assist with long-term rebuilding in affected areas.

Hurricane Milton batters Florida, death toll rises to 14

More than 2.9 million people across Florida were without power. The storm made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, down from the initial Category 5.

Hurricane Milton marches across central Florida after making landfall on state’s west coast

The Category 3 hurricane made landfall Wednesday with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. Several homes have been destroyed and power to nearly 2 million people knocked out.

After Helene, Florida prepares itself for Hurricane Milton, largest evacuation since 2017

Authorities have warned of power outages, and may issue mandatory evacuations in lowest-lying areas.

Hurricane Helene kills at least 90 in US; homes and memories washed away

‘It’s tragic,’ says Biden as damage estimates ranged from $15 billion to more than $100 billion, as water systems, communications and critical transportation routes were affected.

Hurricane Helene slams into Florida, fears of widespread damage, deaths

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told reporters late Thursday the hurricane had already caused one fatality. He gave no details.

Biden approves Alabama Emergency Declaration, sends federal aid to state reeling from Hurricane

The counties that are eligible for federal assistance include those that were directly impacted by the storm.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.