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After Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Bacteria and Chemicals May Lurk in Flood Waters
Flooding can overwhelm industrial sites and sewage systems, contaminating water after storms.
By Kiley Price
Florida residents are returning to their homes to start picking up the pieces after Hurricane Milton carved a destructive path through the Gulf Coast.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
State of Play
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.