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How Lax Urban Planning Led to Devastation in Houston and California
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Wildfires in Northern California have ravaged thousands of acres since they began in early October. Just two months earlier, Hurricane Harvey left a third of Houston underwater. According to urban scientists we spoke to, one main culprit is decades of unchecked urban development.
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