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It could take weeks to clean up roads to Matilija Canyon that are covered in rocks and mud and longer to repair major damage. 
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While images of destruction caused by last year's battery of hurricanes are still fresh in the minds of many Americans, including those living on
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"We had a triple whammy of surge, very high winds and strong rainfall," says one climate scientist.
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By the 2070s, climate change will reduce snowpack and increase extreme rainfall in the Sierra Nevada and California’s reservoirs will likely be overwhelmed. That’s according to a new study by UCLA climate scientists, who predict that run-off during so-called atmospheric rivers will increase by nearly 50 percent, leading to widespread flooding across the state. We’ll
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Corruption is a concern after any major natural disaster, as millions of dollars in cash and goods rush in from around the world. But those worries are especially acute in the Philippines, where graft has been a part of life for decades.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
We are again seeing the consequences of corruption, lack of transparency and good government in the wake of a natural diaster.
While these are real concerns, our experiences from Katrina and beyond show that the harm from not sending resrouces is often greater than the issues realted to making sure no one steals, etc. anything.
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