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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Where to get help after Ida floods Philly region

A resource guide for displaced residents, flooding damage and road closures.

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Our future on a hotter planet means more climate disasters happening simultaneously

Simultaneous disasters, like the wildfires in California and Hurricane Ida this week, are happening more often as the planet heats up.

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‘A lot of hurt in New Jersey’: Residents evacuated, homes destroyed in Ida’s wake

State and local officials are reporting devastating damage in the wake of the storm, which saw a tornado touch down in Gloucester County.

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Cars make their way through flooded streets and around abandoned cars in Teterboro
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At least 9 deaths as Hurricane Ida’s remnants hit New Jersey, New York

Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency in all of New Jersey’s 21 counties, urging people to stay off the flooded roads.

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Long recovery ahead as Ida’s remnants lead to historic flooding, tornadoes in Philly region

Here’s what you need to know as Philadelphia and Pennsylvania officials begin to assess the aftermath of the storm.

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Water is pumped from the basement of a business on Noblestown road in Oakdale, Pa. during clean up from flooding after downpours and high winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ida, hit the area Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021
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It’s not all about Hurricane Ida — land use and climate change drive Philly flood risk

As the region confronts Ida, the city’s floodplain expert warns that land use is a major driver of increased vulnerability to extreme weather.

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Multiple homes destroyed after tornado hits Mullica Hill, N.J.

Gloucester County Emergency Management says, "It is likely that multiple tornadoes have touched down within our communities."

5 years ago

A weather map shows a Flash Flood Watch in effect for the Philly region
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Ida’s remnants to bring severe storm risk, heavy rainfall to Philly region

A Tornado Watch has been issued for the entire region until 10 p.m. Wednesday, with flash flood warnings in effect.

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Philly region braces for heavy rain, flash floods, and isolated tornadoes brought by Ida

After cutting a path of destruction through Louisiana and Mississippi, what’s left of Hurricane Ida is headed for the northeast. Here’s what you need to know.

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Kenney says Afghan relocation effort in Philadelphia is going smoothly

From Saturday through Monday, the mayor said, 2,386 people evacuated from Afghanistan arrived at Philadelphia International Airport.

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Homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida
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Thousands face weeks without power in Ida’s aftermath

Ida ravaged the region's power grid, leaving all of New Orleans and hundreds of thousands in the dark with no clear timeline on when the electricity would return.

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A sign welcomes Afghan refugees at PHL airport.
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Hundreds of Afghan evacuees stream through Philadelphia airport

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Why 911 calls ring and ring: Inside the crisis at Philly police dispatch

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Rockets fired at Kabul airport amid U.S. withdrawal hit homes

Monday's attack came on the eve of the deadline for American troops to withdraw from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover.

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New Orleans Police detectives Adam Buckner, left, and Alexander Reiter, look over debris from a building that collapsed during Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Hurricane Ida knocked out power to all of New Orleans and inundated coastal Louisiana communities on a deadly path through the Gulf Coast that is still unfolding and promises more destruction. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles

Ida’s landfall came on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.

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