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Forecasters warn residents of New England and Atlantic Canada to prepare for Lee
Forecasters say to expect potentially heavy rains, flooding and high winds Friday and Saturday — as Hurricane Lee churns through the northern Caribbean and takes aim at the Northeast.
A psychiatrist's view from Libya as the storm death toll reaches 5,000
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Huda Akram, who is based in Benghazi, about the devastating storm that collapsed two dams and killed at least 5,000 people in Libya.
As Hurricane Lee churns off the eastern U.S., another danger lurks: rip currents
Over the last ten years, rip currents have killed more people in the United States than tornadoes or hurricanes. This year has already been particularly bad with 76 deaths reported through August.
Libya fears a spiraling death toll from powerful storm floods
At least hundreds of people have died and thousands are feared missing in eastern Libya after Storm Daniel swept in, destroying dams and unleashing a torrent of muddy water that carried homes away.
Hurricane Lee, now very large, is raising wind and surf dangers along the East Coast
As of early Tuesday afternoon, Lee was packing 115 mph winds and moving west-northwest at a virtual crawl of just 6 mph.
Climate change causes another issue: an increased need for air conditioners
As the climate changes, places where home air conditioning used to be rare are now seeing a need for artificial cooling. It's a new expense that's especially hard for people in low-income housing.
Thousands feared dead and more missing in Libya after storm collapsed dams
The confirmed death toll from the weekend flooding did not include Derna, which was inaccessible, and many of the thousands missing there were believed carried away by waters after two dams burst.
Hurricane Lee is forecast to push dangerous surf along the East Coast
The powerful Category 3 storm is restrengthening as it moves northwest, but currently poses no immediate threat to people on land, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Are the effects of extreme weather changing how we're thinking about climate change?
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Anthony Leiserowitz with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication about what the climate disasters this summer mean for society's perception of climate change.