Hurricane Harvey

One year after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, researchers are just beginning to understand what went wrong.

• By Emily Moon

For months, Governor of Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosselló refused to admit his government might have undercounted—and this is not the only spurious claim made since the disaster.

• By Emily Moon

The recovery plan includes $1.1 billion in aid for home reconstruction, and $1.1 billion each for the City of Houston and Harris County.

• By Rebecca Worby

FEMA and the Red Cross talk a good game, but the disability community is skeptical.

• By David M. Perry

And many of the regions hit hardest by last year's historic hurricane season haven't fully recovered yet.

• By Kate Wheeling

Hurricane Maria is officially the deadliest storm in modern U.S. history—yet it received just a fraction of the aid given to Houston.

• By Jared Keller

Much of the blame for the poor response to the disaster fell on the Red Cross, but Houston-area officials are not exempt from responsibility.

• By Jessica Huseman & Decca Muldowney

The total cost of $306 billion was mostly attributed to hurricanes and wildfires.

• By Max Ufberg

Here are three policies that officials should adopt to help the sprawling city keep housing affordable after a terrible storm.

• By Nolan Gray

Meet the people working to fix America's disability disaster response after a year of dire weather.

• By David M. Perry

Record-breaking droughts, fires, and hurricanes have made the near-term effects of climate change a front-and-center issue across America.

• By Eric Holthaus

In the wake of recent hurricanes, multi-level marketers like LuLaRoe have leveraged sellers' networks to peddle products in the name of disaster relief. Little of those sales ever make it to relief organizations.

• By Micaela Marini Higgs

Once again, there were appeals for donations to the Red Cross. And once again, local officials are saying the charity hasn't delivered.

• By Justin Elliott, Jessica Huseman & Decca Muldowney

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

Wildlife rehabilitators rescued numerous species after the storm, from common animals like beavers and deer to rarer wildlife like alligator snapping turtles.

• By Mike Gaworecki

Only a broken system locks up homeless people to keep them safe.

• By David M. Perry

Updating best practices in the aftermath of relief efforts can take years to coordinate. But emergency responders are finding that social media is an effective component for relief efforts.

• By Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

Thanks largely to the Trump administration's steep cuts to the agency's funding, the lab will not renew the lease for its property in southwest Houston.

• By Kate Wheeling

Mayor Sylvester Turner gave his strongest endorsement to date for constructing a physical coastal barrier to protect the region from deadly storm surge.

• By Kiah Collier & Neena Satija

Trump's commission on addiction recommended last month that he declare opioid overdoses a national emergency. With the U.S. sustaining two major hurricanes in just a few weeks, is that still a good idea?

• By Francie Diep

Pacific Standard spoke with a hurricane forecasting expert on this record-breaking storm season and what might still be in store.

• By Kate Wheeling

Shifts in hemispheric weather patterns may steer tropical systems toward the poles—bad news for New York, New England, and Western Europe.

• By Bob Berwyn

It ratified a measure to raise the debt ceiling and fund the government through December 8th.

• By Morgan Baskin

As Atlantic hurricanes intensify, it's clear that failing to act on science will increase the risks from future storms.

• By Bob Berwyn