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Hurricane Ida: One Dead in Louisiana, More Than a Million Are Without Power in the Region
The storm touched down in Louisiana yesterday on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and concerns about levees overtopping remain high.
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Category 4 Hurricane Ida Expected to Make Landfall in Louisiana Sunday Afternoon
This comes 16 years after Hurricane Katrina struck the coast in 2005.
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Haiti’s Death Toll Over 2,200 After Devastating Earthquake and Storm
Tensions have been building across Haiti as residents wait for medical aid, food and temporary shelters to reach the earthquake's epicenter.
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Haiti Searches for Earthquake Survivors as the Country Awaits Approaching Storm
Haiti, weakened by political unrest, the pandemic and this weekend’s deadly earthquake, is now facing a tropical storm, expected to arrive Monday night.
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Lizzo, Meek Mill, H.E.R., Burna Boy and More Set to Perform at Global Citizen Live
The 24-hour live event is part of Global Citizen’s Recovery for the World campaign, calling on those in positions of power to kickstart a global recovery.
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Traffic Deaths Increased During the Pandemic, and Black People Died at a Higher Rate, Report Shows
Deaths increased despite the decrease in miles driven because of COVID.
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Black Farmers Call a Letter Sent by Banks to the USDA Warning Against Debt Forgiveness a Threat
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that, as with most things in this country, the farming industry hasn’t exactly been welcoming to Black people throughout the entirety of this country’s modern history. In an effort to rectify the injustices Black farmers have had to endure, the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package passed in March included…
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Tornado Touches Down in Atlanta Area; 100 Million People Could Be at Risk as Severe Storms Headed Down South
A tornado–kind of like one the one that took Dorothy from her Kansas farm to Oz–touched down in the Atlanta area and severe weather is still threatening some 100 million people from “the southern Plains through the Mid-Atlantic.” According to CNN, “A tornado warning was issued at about 10:30 a.m. and lasted until 11:15 a.m.…