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Risk Rooted in Colonial Era Weighs on Bahamas Efforts to Rebuild After Hurricane Dorian
Risk Rooted in Colonial Era Weighs on Bahamas Efforts to Rebuild After Hurricane Dorian
Jason von Meding, David Prevatt and Ksenia Chmutina · When Hurricane Dorian made landfall on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas on Sept. 1, 2019, it packed winds of up to 185 miles per hour and a 20-foot storm surge. A day later, it ravaged Grand Bahama for 24 hours.
Why Natural Disasters Aren’t All That Natural
Why Natural Disasters Aren’t All That Natural
Ksenia Chmutina, Jason Von Meding, JC Gaillard & Lee Bosher · Disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes result from a combination of natural hazards and social and human vulnerability. Calling them 'natural disasters' artificially naturalises the harms they cause.