Reporting on climate disasters is letting marginalised communities down:

This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has already barrelled into the record books as the first time that three storms large enough to be named have arrived this early in the year.

Hurricane season only officially started on 1 June, but so far Tropical Storm Arthur has had an impact on North Carolina and Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall down the coast in Charleston, SC. The latest, Tropical Storm Cristobal, is threatening the Louisiana coastline with high winds, storm surges and widespread flooding this weekend.

 
While the quick succession of three named storms is a first (the third of 2019, Tropical Storm Chantal, did not materialise until 20 August), what’s not new is who will suffer the most. Hurricanes, and other extreme weather events, disproportionately affect poor residents and communities of colour.

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Source: INDEPENDENT
Mon 8 Jun 2020 at 11:42