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26 Aug, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Hurricane Laura is set to make landfall on the Gulf Coast early Thursday as a powerful Category 4 storm, unleashing deadly storm surge, flash floods and destructive winds that could inflict as much as $25 billion in damage

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Already 13 storms have formed in the Atlantic—and that’s a record since scientists began tracking storms in 1851

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Handling this storm during a global pandemic is unprecedented.

A new study found that tens of thousands more people could be infected by the coronavirus depending on how emergency planning is handled

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The researchers looked at evacuation routes from a previous hurricane, identifying 165 destination counties across 26 states.

They then simulated four evacuation scenarios—in the worst-case scenario, coronavirus cases could spike by more than 66,000

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None of this is normal—but it’s on track to become that way. These weather extremes are linked to small increases in global temperatures

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