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Gulf Coast

Floodwater surrounds a home after torrential rains pounded Southeast Texas following Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey causing widespread flooding on September 3rd, 2017, in Orange, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi August 25th, has dumped nearly 50 inches of rain in and around Houston.

The devastation Harvey and other storms left behind illuminates just how defenseless oil and gas infrastructure is in the face of hurricanes that are growing in magnitude and frequency.

By Michael Isaac Stein

Environment

The Gulf Coast is preparing for the sort of rainstorm that is supposed to come only once in a lifetime.

By Eric Holthaus

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