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After the gold: A look at how some Olympic champions are being welcomed home

Summer Olympics 2024

Winning gold at the Olympic Games is a huge accomplishment. But athletes are received in various different ways upon returning to their home countries, with some even being showered with gifts and cash. But others question if financial rewards are appropriate.

The small Caribbean island of Dominica has been building back since Hurricane Maria flattened much of the island in 2017. It’s trying to build back stronger, and become what it calls the first climate resilient nation.

How a small Caribbean island nation is trying to become climate resilient

The Big Fix
A woman is shown wearing a red shirt and walking with a crate next to a heavily damaged home.

Earth’s hottest decade on record marked by extreme storms, deadly wildfires

Climate Change
One of the scenes on Sept. 21, 2017, after Hurricane Maria battered St. Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands.

Hurricane Maria slams into Turks and Caicos after devastating Puerto Rico and other Caribbean islands

Environment
Dominica Hurricane Maria

After pummeling Dominica, Hurricane Maria forces Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands to brace for impact

Development
Hurricane Maria is shown in the Atlantic Ocean

Leaders in Dominica describe ‘widespread devastation’ from Hurricane Maria

Science

The small, French island in the Caribbean bore the brunt of the latest Category 5 hurricane to make landfall this season.

A woman covers herself with a raincoat

Dominica and other Caribbean islands brace as Category 5 Maria roars through

Environment

Just days after Hurricane Irma blasted Caribbean islands, Hurricane Maria took aim at the islands. Dominica was first, with Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in the line of fire for the Category 5 storm.

Sperm whale defecating near photographer Keri Wilk

A Canadian photographer captures images of a whale ‘poopnado’

Science

This Canadian photographer was taking snaps of a sperm whale when he got caught in a massive poop storm — really.