hurricanes
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Hurricane Categories And What They Mean
If you live near a coast in the US, you’ve probably been biting your nails as Irma was upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane, and the category numbers climbed. But what do the categories mean, exactly?
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Where To Donate To Harvey Relief — Beyond The Red Cross
Scott Olson/Getty Images The Red Cross is probably the best-known emergency relief organisation in the US — but it’s not necessarily the best. Accusations of mismanagement have plagued their responses to national and international disasters, and their name recognition (and easy text message donation system) can obscure worthy local and grassroots organisations.