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She said fossil fuel companies need to help mitigate the disasters and pay for the harm to communities.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

El Niño is a natural phenomenon, but it tends to bring the kind of extreme heat which also drives those disasters, Dr Alistair Hobday, chief researcher at Australia's science agency, told the BBC.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

"We have seen cascading disasters, like what we saw August 26, where one event triggers multiple events," he said.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

The executives said their companies needed additional protection from wildfire costs because utility investors faced higher financial risks from such disasters in California than in other states.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The archive reflects the human need to document every deed and directive, to place a veil of administrative tidiness over the disorder of famines and plagues and natural disasters and crimes and wars.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann



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