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What should cities and states do to prepare for a major storm?
More than a million people in Florida and Georgia have been ordered to evacuate ahead of the Hurricane Irma. But some people insist they can ride it out. Forecasters expect Irma will remain a massive Category 4 hurricane when it does make landfall, bringing with it 150 mph winds.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readMore than a million people in Florida and Georgia have been ordered to evacuate ahead of the Hurricane Irma. But some people insist they can ride it out. Forecasters expect Irma will remain a massive Category 4 hurricane when it does make landfall, bringing with it 150 mph winds. Irma has already killed 11 people and destroyed massive swaths of entire islands in Caribbean.
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1 of 7How cities can prepare for natural disasters- 0:00What should cities and states do to prepare for a major storm?You’re reading this
- 7:27Southern Mexico hit by largest earthquake in 100 years
- 11:43Protecting yourself in the wake of the Equifax data breach
- 17:42How long will the romance between Trump and Democrats last?
- 26:44Will 'It' pull Hollywood out of its box office funk?
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- 45:51A portrait of a child peers over the U.S.-Mexico border in new art installation