National TV news keeps ignoring the human costs of extreme weather events

by Evlondo Cooper

This story was originally published at Prism.

I’m writing this from New Orleans a little more than one month after Hurricane Ida devastated Southeast Louisiana—after most national TV …

BIPOC organizers say Hurricane Ida response feels eerily similar to Katrina

by Bareerah Zafar

This story was originally published at Prism.

In August 2005, Moe Haghighi was in the water.

Hurricane Katrina had finished making landfall and the rain had stopped. As Haghighi and …

Biden lobbies for Build Back Better, infrastructure plans: 'The nation and the world are in peril'

President Joe Biden spent Tuesday surveying the wreckage in New York and New Jersey devastated by Hurricane Ida. He called it a warning for America on climate change: “The nation and the world …

Many incarcerated people in Louisiana left behind in the wake of Hurricane Ida

by Montse Reyes

This story was originally published at Prism.

On Sunday, Aug. 29, history painfully repeated itself as Hurricane Ida made landfall on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. The …

Tri-state area infrastructure can't handle climate change. Videos and photos of flooding prove it

Wednesday night was scary. I was lucky enough to experience only minor flooding in my central New Jersey home and was not as heavily impacted by Hurricane Ida as others, but just seeing the damage so …

Climate change in action: Ida's remnants pound the Northeast

The former Hurricane Ida turned into a tropical depression and then a post-tropical cyclone on its way through the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, but the damage it caused was as devastating as many …

Police issue arrest warrant for man who harassed MSNBC reporter Shaquille Brewster during broadcast

Mississippi police are on the hunt for the man who allegedly harassed NBC News and MSCNBC reporter Shaquille Brewster during live coverage of the devastating Hurricane Ida. Authorities issued an …

Louisiana Republican parts ways with Trump on infrastructure bill after devastation of Hurricane Ida

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy is parting ways with the likes of former President Donald Trump to back President Joe Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan after Hurricane Ida devastated parts …

Hurricanes are natural disasters, but people made Ida much worse than it had to be

More than a million homes and businesses—including all of New Orleans—remain without power in the wake of Hurricane Ida, and in some areas it’s expected to take up to three weeks for power to be …

Chef José Andrés says relief workers in Louisiana readying to distribute 100,000 meals following Ida

World-famous chef and humanitarian José Andrés says that his World Central Kitchen organization has three kitchens set up in Louisiana and is prepared to distribute 100,000 meals in Ida’s aftermath. …

Supreme Court conservatives will have blood on their hands with Ida, pandemic evictions

Late Thursday, the six conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from enforcing a federal moratorium on evictions in an “emergency” order, ruling from the …

'This is going to be a really long recovery,' FEMA head says as Hurricane Ida moves out of Louisiana

Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical storm early Monday as it moved to Mississippi, but not before battering Louisiana—it is tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S.—leaving at …

Hurricane Ida makes landfall as dangerous Category 4; residents urged to shelter in place

President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency for Mississippi and ordered federal assistance for the state the day before Hurricane Ida evolved into a Category 4 storm early Sunday, sending …

Ida set to strike Louisiana as powerful Category 4 hurricane, and hospitals are already full

As of 7:00 AM ET on Saturday, Hurricane Ida is a Category 1 storm with maximum winds of 85 mph, heading northwest after crossing western Cuba overnight. However, the National Hurricane Center predicts …

Hurricane Ida could hit Gulf Coast as dangerous major storm on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Hold onto your hats. And umbrellas. In fact, if you live along the Louisiana or Mississippi coast, and it’s possible to be somewhere else, the best time for getting away is now. Because while …