Hurricane Milton Is Terrifying, and It Is Just the Start | Opinion – the New York Times

As Hurricane Milton roars toward Florida’s west coast with winds that spiked to a staggering 180 miles per hour, we are witnessing a new reality. Supercharged hurricanes are no longer outliers, freak disasters or storms of the century…
California kelp – Oceanographic

Off Monterey, the Edges of Earth expedition team falls in love with the vibrant, dense kelp forests of the region….
Shredding It, Madagascar (2024) – by Oleg Guerrand-Hermes

“The arts was and continues to be a magnet for my mind and soul, and it was so obvious to me that life without the arts would just be flat,” – Oleg Guerrand-Hermès, Cultured Magazine (10-27-2023) theframe.com Instagram
Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Helene – the Atlantic

Late Thursday night, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, with winds gusting up to 140 mph…Millions remain without power as first responders work to reach those in need and search for survivors…
Hurricane Helene’s ‘historic flooding’ made worse by global heating, Fema says – the Guardian

It will be ‘complicated recovery’ in five states, says disaster relief agency, with hurricane killing at least 91 people so far…
Helene Has Killed More Than 110 People, Here Are Some of Their Stories – the New York Times

After the Category 4 hurricane made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast and pummeled the Southeast, some victims’ portraits were coming into focus…
One block on the Outer Banks has had three houses collapse since Friday – the Washington Post

In Rodanthe, N.C., 10 houses have fallen into the ocean since 2020 in an erosion-plagued stretch of the Outer Banks…
The California sand wars: As beaches shrink, neighbors and cities fight for what’s left – the Los Angeles Times

California is a place of magnificent tectonic forces that lift mountains only for them to be constantly eroded by glaciers, wind and rain, ground down to one of the most basic commodities on Earth: sand…
Where the sea wall ends | Interactive Feature – the Washington Post

At a time of fast-rising seas, the ocean is eating away at this barrier island and others like it. But humans, who have held their ground here for over a century, are planning new condos…