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Today, Explained

A hurricane of misinformation

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Lies about disaster relief are spreading like never before this hurricane season, and it’s making FEMA’s job harder. Juliette Kayyem, author of The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters, explains. This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, Victoria Chamberlin and Miles Bryan, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members A home in Lake Lure, North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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A hurricane named Milton made landfall in Florida last night.

0:05.0

It left 3 million Floridians without power in coastal communities inundated.

0:10.0

The trees are taking a beating, the power lines are really starting to wave and we saw

0:14.6

some sparks coming from a couple of homes down there. Milton arrived just two

0:18.8

weeks after a hurricane named Helene devastated North Carolina. The death toll from Helene here devastated North Carolina.

0:23.0

The death toll from Helene here in North Carolina now stands at 89 people.

0:28.6

But while government agencies are coping with these crises, They're fighting on another front.

0:34.0

The federal government is now stealing the donations.

0:38.8

At the White House, a remarkable scene in the middle of an emergency response having to knock down

0:44.3

conspiracies. They send hundreds of billions of dollars to foreign nations and

0:48.9

you know what they're giving our people 750 bucks?

0:52.1

This needs to stop.

0:53.0

If you care about your constituents, if you care about the people.

0:55.6

A hurricane of lies coming on today explained.

0:58.7

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