On coasts there and elsewhere in hurricane danger zones, populations and development have grown and spread tremendously in a long storm lull. The state’s level of disaster amnesia was being tested Friday as Hurricane Matthew, after killing at least 330 people in Haiti, began plowing along Florida’s densely developed east coast as a major hurricane. The storm is predicted to move on along Georgia’s shores before making a loop and weakening. “The confluence of two trends is extremely worrying,” Emanuel told the host, Eric Holthaus, who is a meteorologist and blogger. Dama… https://t.co/aFJAuKlZmJ — Jim Weber, FOX13 ☀️ (@JimWeberFOX) 6 Oct 16Haiti’s raging rivers:Flooding from #Matthew could be catastrophic.

Source: New York Times October 06, 2016 16:27 UTC