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Getting ready for hurricane season: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Jennifer Weeks, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
Debris in a boatyard in Mexico Beach, Fla., on Oct. 11, 2018, after Hurricane Michael heavily damaged the town.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File

The official Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, even as many communities are still recovering from a destructive year in 2018. Hurricane Florence swamped much of the Carolinas in September, followed...

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