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FILE PHOTO – The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Picture


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The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills is pictured in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri


8 Deaths at Florida Nursing Home after Irma

8 Deaths at Florida Nursing Home after Irma

Eight patients at a sweltering nursing home died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning, bringing total number of storm-related fatalities in Florida to 20. The incident raised worries Wednesday about the safety of millions of senior citizens amid power...
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Four days can do a lot of damage. Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty Images


Another Way Climate Change Might Make Hurricanes Worse

Another Way Climate Change Might Make Hurricanes Worse

In a recent talk about his new book, “Scale,” physicist Geoffrey West described climate change as a form of entropy –- disorder that’s created as the price of all the order and creative energy pent up in cities. In this view, climate change is not, as some argue, just...
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Police patrol the area as Hurricane Irma makes landfall in San Juan, Puerto Rico. REUTERS/Alvin Baez