The Endless Devastation of Hurricane Season

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🗓️ 31 August 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week, the most rigorous estimate yet of deaths caused by Hurricane Maria was published, marking a grim milestone: the hurricane season of 2017 was one of the deadliest in North America in a century. A year after Puerto Rico, Houston, and other communities were devastated by storms, they’re still counting the victims and trying to rebuild. Because of climate change, these types of extreme disasters may only grow more common. In this episode, The Atlantic’s staff writers Vann Newkirk and Elaina Plott join Matt Thompson to discuss their reporting on Puerto Rico and Houston. How are they doing a year later? And what should we learn from their recovery efforts? Links - “A New Death Toll for Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria” (Vann R. Newkirk II, August 28, 2018) - “Hurricane Harvey Is Houston’s Unending Nightmare” (Elaina Plott, August 26, 2018) - “A Look Back at Hurricane Harvey: One Year Since Landfall” (Alan Taylor, August 26, 2018) - “Researchers Are Still Counting the Dead From Hurricane Maria” (Vann R. Newkirk II, August 2, 2018) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	A year after Hurricane Harvey, as the anniversary of Hurricane Maria approaches, we're still assessing the enormous damage these storms rot.
0:38.0	A new report this week estimates as many as 3,000 Puerto Ricans died because of Hurricane Maria.
0:45.0	More than 800,000 to have left the island after the storm.
0:48.4	In Puerto Rico, in Houston, and elsewhere, politicians and agencies and insurance companies are still wrestling over how to help
0:55.8	the many, many people whose lives were upended.
0:59.0	How will we address devastation we can't even properly account for. What if these events are growing more likely?
1:05.6	This is the Atlantic.
1:25.0	Here with me in studio is a voice that you'll remember,
1:30.0	a previous Radio Atlantic Atlantic staff writer.
1:34.0	Hello, Van.
1:35.0	How you doing?
1:36.0	Doing well, thank you.
1:37.0	Thank you for joining us.
1:38.0	And another guest whose voice you will remember,
1:41.0	Elena Plot, staff writer at the Atlantic.
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