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From Haiti to Florida, Hurricane Matthew on the rampage

October 6, 2016 By Pierre Richard Luxama, David McFadden And Associated Press

Many don’t have the resources to escape harm's way.

Climate change already impacting U.S., report confirms

May 8, 2014 By Marc Brodine

In the eastern U.S., the number of extreme weather events, including very heavy rain events, has increased already.

Today in eco-history: Death and destruction in Bangladesh

April 29, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1991, a powerful cyclone with winds over 150 mph hit Bangladesh. At least 138,000 people were killed and most food crops were washed away or destroyed.

Today in eco-history: Michigan struck by deadly F5 tornado

April 3, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Known as the Hudsonville-Standale Tornado, it was part of a large, deadly outbreak of 49 tornadoes that affected the Great Plains, parts of the South, and the upper Midwest.

Mailman wonders how he made it through the winter

March 18, 2014 By John Dick

A National Weather Service meteorologist has given Metro Detroit the number # 1 ranking in its "misery index." And I deliver mail on foot, house to house, six days a week. That probably explains why I...