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These events come on the heels of several record-setting extreme weather events across North America in 2017. Hurricane Harvey produced torrential rainfall of such magnitude that, based on long-term statistics, should only occur less than once in a thousand years. Two weeks later, Hurricane Irma’s Category 5 winds decimated the islands of the northeastern Caribbean then lashed Cuba and the Florida Keys before making a final landfall on the southwest coast of Florida. Less than a week later, Hurricane Maria would also pass through the Leeward Islands as a Cat 5…
