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Topic: Hurricane

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ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.  

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.

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 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.

1 killed & thousands displaced as category 4 Hurricane Beryl hits Jamaica

A woman died in Jamaica’s Hanover parish after a tree fell on her home. Warning for hurricane is in effect for Jamaica, Cayman Islands & eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.

Mexico braces for Category 5 hurricane, risk of ‘catastrophic’ damage

By Javier Verdin ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's southern coast braced for Hurricane Otis on Wednesday as the Category 5 storm barreled towards the beach resort of Acapulco, with the potential

On Camera

How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.