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Californians Criticize Federal Efforts to Control the State’s Coast

10 août 2026 à 22:48
Environmentalists and others warned at a hearing on Monday that the Trump administration’s attempt to strip power from California’s coastal protection agency would endanger the shoreline.

© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

The coastline in Pacifica, Calif.

Outbreak of Vibrio Vulnificus, a Flesh-Eating Bacteria, Kills 5 in Louisiana

9 août 2026 à 09:50
Vibrio vulnificus, which thrives in warm, brackish water, has also killed two people in Florida this year.

© David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune, via Associated Press

Exposure to Vibrio vulnificus, a flesh-eating bacterium, increases when storms push water inland. Tropical Storm Bertha sent water into the street just after the morning high tide in Venetian Isles, La., on July 22.
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