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Three weeks after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina, Brandi Hand, a marketing and communications writer and based just outside of Asheville, offered some practical advice to her community: In a Facebook post that’s since been shared thousands of times, she wrote, “Find ways to laugh.” “Be gentle.” And, “Get ready for the rest of the world to forget about us,” among other tips.
Asheville was supposed to be a climate haven.
Hand, after all, had been through this before.
This story was originally published by Voxx.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
India and Pakistan are losing ground to a common deadly enemy. Vast clouds of dense, toxic smog have once again shrouded metropolises in South Asia. Air pollution regularly spikes in November in the subcontinent, but this year’s dirty air has still been breathtaking in its scale and severity.
By The Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S. C. (AP) — Chaunce Jenkins’ 15 points helped Seton Hall defeat Florida Atlantic 63-61 on Sunday night in the third-place game at the Charleston Classic.
Jenkins went 5 of 15 from the field (3 for 8 from 3-point range) for the Pirates (4-3). Scotty Middleton scored 10 points while finishing 4 of 4 from the floor.