Natural disasters
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ANALYSIS
Colombia Needs More than Miracles as Earthquake Recovery Tests Its New President
One month after Colombia’s devastating earthquake, survivors face ruined homes, interrupted schooling and uncertain reconstruction funding. President Abelardo de la…
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AMERICAS
Mexico Tracks Tropical Storm Marie as Heat and Floods Split the Forecast
Tropical Storm Marie is strengthening off Mexico’s Pacific coast, threatening heavier rain and dangerous surf even as its center moves…
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AMERICAS
Venezuela Floods Expose How Rain Finds the Same Forgotten Streets
Six people remain missing after torrential rains flooded Caracas and neighboring states, turning rivers into traps, burying homes in mud…
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Environment
Guatemala’s Pacific Graves Show Climate Crisis Eating Latin America’s Shoreline
Tropical Storm Cristina exposed Guatemala's Pacific coast as a frontline of climate change, where rising seas, violent surf, damaged homes,…
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Environment
Flood Deaths Test Latin America as Rivers Rise, Drains Fail
From the streets of Guayaquil to the slopes of the Andes, rains from February to March are causing deaths and…
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Environment
Chile Mega-Fires Turn Heat, Plantations, and Planning into a Test
On the edge of Concepción, smoke still clung to rooftops after the evacuations. More than fifty thousand people left as…
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Environment
Colombia Sinú Flood Turns Homes Into Shelters and Questions Into Routine
In Montería's low neighborhoods and Tierralta's rural riverbanks, the Sinú has risen and stayed. Seven days in, families count centimeters,…
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AMERICAS
Twenty-Five Years After the Quake, El Salvador Remembers Forty-Five Seconds That Changed Everything
Twenty-five years after January 13, 2001 —the quake that bent El Salvador for forty-five seconds —its aftershocks still live in…
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Environment
Chile Burns Again as Wind Turns Neighborhoods into Ash Overnight
A wall of fire tore through Biobío as Chile's summer heat peaked, killing at least 16 and forcing more than…
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Environment
The Tornado That Stole Time from Rio Bonito do Iguaçu
In minutes, a violent tornado tore through the southern Brazilian town of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, killing six and injuring…
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