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How Dorian’s destruction is hurting the Bahamas’ most vulnerable

The climate crisis is now, says a professor born in the Bahamas, who argued in an essay this week that the disaster exposes existing inequality and hurts the most vulnerable populations.

A palm tree among wreckage

‘Everything is gone:’ Bahamians struggle in Dorian’s devastating wake

Natural disasters
An aerial view of damaged homes, trees and extra debris surrounded by water in the Bahamas.

Bahamas officials search for storm survivors as Dorian heads for Florida, Georgia

Natural disasters
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