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                    <div class="entry-title-wrapper"><div class="entry-title"><h1>Hurricane Harvey Is America&#039;s Climate Future</h1></div><div class="byline"><a href="/authors/ryan_cooper">Ryan Cooper</a>, The Week August 29, 2017</p></div></div><div class="entry-social">
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                </div><!-- end entry top div --><div class="entry-body-text"><!-- startprint --><p>Hurricane Harvey pummeled southern Texas all weekend, causing apocalyptic flooding. Worse, several more days of torrential rainfall are in the cards, as Harvey is predicted to slowly wander slightly back out to sea and then make landfall again in a day or two. Several deaths have already&nbsp;been confirmed, and forecasters estimate there will be up to 50 inches of rain in the worst-hit areas.</p><div class="ad_wrapper_box"><div class="RC-AD RC-AD-BOX-MIDDLE"></div></div><!-- ad --><span class="more-link"><a href="http://theweek.com/articles/720740/hurricane-harvey-americas-climate-future">Read Full Article &raquo;</a></span><div class="clear"></div><!-- stopprint --></div><!-- entry-body-text div --><div class="RC-AD RC-AD-BOX-TOP"></div><div id="related-footer"><b>Related Topics: </b><a href="/stream/?topic=environment">Environment</a></div><!-- related-footer --><div class="clear"></div><div class="comments-wrapper">
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