Paulina Firozi

Oct 1, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Reena Flores |Elana Gordon |Savannah Robinson |Ariel Plotnick |Sean Carter |Scott Dance | +2 more

Across the southeastern United States, Hurricane Helene destroyed houses, swept up cars and overflowed riverbanks. Now millions of people are without power and clean drinking water; more than 100 people are dead. “It's not really an overstatement to say there are towns that were there and are basically not there anymore,” environment and climate reporter Brady Dennis said. He’s been reporting from North Carolina, where many communities were not prepared for the disaster.

Sep 11, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Paulina Firozi |Leo Sands |Kelsey Ables

Swaths of the Louisiana coast are under storm surge warnings, after Francine made landfall in Terrebonne Parish, La., and passed northwest of New Orleans. As it rapidly weakened ashore, the National Hurricane Center downgraded Francine to a tropical storm. Along the Louisiana coast, Francine had triggered damaging wind gusts topping 100 mph and unleashed torrential rain.