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      <title>The Cajun Navy: Heroes Or Hindrances In Hurricanes?</title>
      <description>President Trump praised the Cajun Navy during a visit to North Carolina. But federal emergency managers say volunteers can put themselves and others in danger if they don&apos;t go through proper channels.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2018 07:54:54 -0400</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2018/09/21/gallagher_wide-2d9d5575ed8e678c727720db40b384d207844bfb.jpg' alt='John Gallagher in his truck in Fayetteville, N.C. "We've just been taking dispatch calls for swift water rescues, rescuing animals, missing persons," Gallagher said.'/><p>President Trump praised the Cajun Navy during a visit to North Carolina. But federal emergency managers say volunteers can put themselves and others in danger if they don't go through proper channels.</p><p>(Image credit: Maddalena Richards)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=650636356' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Sarah McCammon</dc:creator>
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      <title>Harvey The &apos;Most Significant Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Event In U.S. History&apos;</title>
      <description>It caused $125 billion in damage, according to a new report from the National Hurricane Center, and broke U.S. rainfall records. At least 68 people died as a result of the storm.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:32:14 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It caused $125 billion in damage, according to a new report from the National Hurricane Center, and broke U.S. rainfall records. At least 68 people died as a result of the storm.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=580689546' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Merrit Kennedy</dc:creator>
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      <title>Lessons From Katrina: How Restaurants Can Be Beacons In A Catastrophe</title>
      <description>In good times, restaurants do more than furnish meals. They also provide a place to bring people together. As Louisiana knows all too well, that&apos;s what makes them so vital during the worst times, too.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/09/20/552077350/lessons-from-katrina-how-restaurants-can-be-beacons-in-a-catastrophe</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/09/19/mcnulty-betsys_custom-0a77e69647a090543abb15a4fc2430a8695a3ef4.jpg' alt='Betsy's Pancake House on Canal Street in New Orleans announces its return to business after Hurricane Katrina.'/><p>In good times, restaurants do more than furnish meals. They also provide a place to bring people together. As Louisiana knows all too well, that's what makes them so vital during the worst times, too.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=552077350' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Ian McNulty</dc:creator>
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      <title>Early Data From Harvey Shows Epic Flooding</title>
      <description>Government flood maps may need to be redrawn following Harvey. That, in turn, could have implications for insurers.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2017 21:56:27 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/01/547992600/early-data-from-harvey-shows-epic-flooding</link>
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      <dc:creator>Christopher Joyce</dc:creator>
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      <title>In Houston, Floods Push Impoverished Residents Into Crisis</title>
      <description>Poor neighborhoods on the northeast side were hit hard by the storm. But residents say they received little help evacuating, and now they are struggling to get basics: food, water and information.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:19:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/31/547505976/in-houston-floods-push-impoverished-residents-into-crisis</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/08/31/2017-08-30-east-houston-rkellman-8-edit_custom-24e0c5dc6caf16ddc83f22d8e9b5056d3508efb1.jpg' alt='Whitlee Hurd, the mother of five children, walks through her damaged home in northeast Houston. "This is my child's room but I can't have them sleep here now because the window is open," she says. "We told the maintenance man but he won't help us."'/><p>Poor neighborhoods on the northeast side were hit hard by the storm. But residents say they received little help evacuating, and now they are struggling to get basics: food, water and information.</p><p>(Image credit: Ryan Kellman)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=547505976' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Rebecca Hersher</dc:creator>
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      <title>Harvey Feel Like Katrina Déjà Vu? Not So Fast</title>
      <description>As Houston starts to recover from the flooding, many see similarities between the two massive hurricanes and the damage they wrought. But there are some key differences.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:03:21 -0400</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/08/31/harvey_katrina_2_custom-8ce45d8ed63e4f306cc1519927de4f35ddbbab09.jpg' alt='(Left) Flooded neigborhoods can be seen in New Orleans in 2005. (Right) Flooded homes are shown near Lake Houston following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30.'/><p>As Houston starts to recover from the flooding, many see similarities between the two massive hurricanes and the damage they wrought. But there are some key differences.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=547568681' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>John Burnett</dc:creator>
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      <title>3 Reasons Houston Was A &apos;Sitting Duck&apos; For Harvey Flooding</title>
      <description>Urban planning experts say Houston&apos;s flat landscape, outdated drainage system and unchecked development have left the city vulnerable to catastrophic flooding.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:35:50 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2017/08/31/547575113/three-reasons-houston-was-a-sitting-duck-for-harvey-flooding</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/08/31/2017-08-29-hurricane-texas-charbage-16-edit_custom-65a061b72128e979809aa34e18d0ffece4418a8f.jpg' alt='Kelli Walker wasn't able to get into her family's home, on the other side of the brick wall, because of the depth of the rising floodwater in Houston on Tuesday.'/><p>Urban planning experts say Houston's flat landscape, outdated drainage system and unchecked development have left the city vulnerable to catastrophic flooding.</p><p>(Image credit: Claire Harbage)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=547575113' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>David Schaper</dc:creator>
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      <title>An &apos;Army Of People&apos; Helps Houston Cancer Patients Get Treatment</title>
      <description>During Harvey, doctors, nurses, technicians and facilities staff tended to inpatients at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Now the hospital is working to get outpatients back for care as well.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 13:54:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/31/547539504/an-army-of-people-helps-houston-cancer-patients-get-treatment</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2017/08/31/pavilion_354a8230-1-_custom-6f0ec47b83411a7b316f9a1bd336002ecd99d920.jpg' alt='The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center had 528 patients in the hospital as Harvey hit. A team of about 1,000 people tended to them and their families until reinforcements arrived Monday.'/><p>During Harvey, doctors, nurses, technicians and facilities staff tended to inpatients at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Now the hospital is working to get outpatients back for care as well.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=547539504' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Andrea Hsu</dc:creator>
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      <title>New Hurricane Index Predicted Harvey Would Be A Monster, Say Scientists</title>
      <description>The index measures wind speed like the traditional scale, one of its developers says, but also &quot;the size of the storm and how fast it&apos;s moving forward.&quot;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/30/547384577/new-hurricane-index-predicted-harvey-would-be-a-monster-say-scientists</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The index measures wind speed like the traditional scale, one of its developers says, but also "the size of the storm and how fast it's moving forward."</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=547384577' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Christopher Joyce</dc:creator>
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      <title>In Storm-Tossed Houston Area, Most Homeowners Lack Flood Insurance</title>
      <description>Congress is widely expected to approve billions in aid for flood-stricken areas, but it may take awhile to arrive.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2017/08/30/547373273/in-storm-tossed-houston-area-most-homeowners-lack-flood-insurance</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congress is widely expected to approve billions in aid for flood-stricken areas, but it may take awhile to arrive.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=547373273' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Jim Zarroli</dc:creator>
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