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Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning

How Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of preparedness.

May 20, 2025

Clear-eyed reporting on the science and politics of climate change, nuclear accidents and natural disasters — with in-depth coverage of the EPA, disaster relief, melting glaciers and more.

Climate and Environment Documentaries

A broken building and road destroyed by Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning

54m

Kotzebue, an Inupiat town above the Arctic Circle.

Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages

28m

Andrew Amano stands in a ground with various burned items around him.

Maui’s Deadly Firestorm

53m

The Power of Big Oil

1h 25m

Plastic Wars

54m

Fire in Paradise

54m

Flint’s Deadly Water

54m

Coal’s Deadly Dust

32m

Blackout in Puerto Rico

54m

War on the EPA

54m

Business of Disaster

54m

Climate of Doubt

53m

Alaska Gold

53m

Inside Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown

54m

Nuclear Aftershocks

53m

A fence with a sign that says "No Fishing" near a body of water.

Poisoned Waters

1h 52m

HEAT

1h 56m

A Dangerous Business Revisited

55m

Hot Politics

53m

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