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The Solution

Voices from the Future | Matt Russell The Solution The Event: When weather patterns change from one extreme to another, such as during the 2012-2013 droughts and the 2019 spring

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After the Flood

Voices from the Future | Lisa Trank After the Flood The Event: In 2013, a deluge caused massive floods in Colorado’s Southern Rockies. As rivers and creeks swelled across the

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The 100-Year Flood

Voices from the Future | Henry Red Cloud The 100-Year Flood The Event: In March 2019, overflowing creeks and raging riverbeds flooded the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Caused

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The Thousand-Year Flood

Voices from the Future | Ronnie Scott The Thousand-Year Flood The Event: The 2016 West Virginia flood— considered a 1,000-year natural event with a 0.1 percent probability of happening in

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The Flooding of Venice

Voices from the Future | Pierpaolo Campostrini The Flooding of Venice  The Event: Tidal waves from the Adriatic Sea peaked as high as 6 feet and flooded the city of

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The Escape

Voices from the Future | Rezza Aji Pratama The Escape  The Event: On December 31, 2019, torrential rains pounded a swath of Jakarta. More than 400,000 people fled their homes,

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International Impact

Voices from the future | Jake Curtis International Impact  The Event: In 2004, a sudden and powerful earthquake rocked the Earth beneath the Indian Ocean. The 9.1 magnitude temblor triggered

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The Jakarta Floods

Voices from the Future | Faradilla Fajrin Al-Fath The Jakarta Floods The Event: On December 31, 2019, torrential rains pounded a swath of Jakarta. More than 400,000 people were affected,

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The Chennai Floods

Voices from the Future | Anjali Ponni Rajkumar The Chennai Floods  The Event: In 2015, the winter monsoon season brought torrential rains to Chennai, in southern India. Unprecedented floods followed,

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The Flood

Voices from the Future | Reija Nykvist The Flood The Event: In early March 2019, a tropical disturbance was building over the Indian Ocean, close to the southeast coast of