Climate Change Refugees Share Stories of Escape in 2018 - December 29 2018, 3:00 p.m. / Alleen Brown
On Dec. 21, 2018, Michelle Teixeira stands in the rubble of her home that burned in the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. Photo: Talia Herman for The Intercept
Tens of thousands of U.S. residents were displaced by climate change-fueled disasters in 2018. California saw a string of massive wildfires — from the Mendocino Complex in July, which became the state’s largest wildfire on record, to the Camp fire in November, which was the deadliest. Meanwhile, Hurricane Florence, the second rainiest storm in 70 years of U.S. record-keeping, was quickly forgotten as Hurricane Michael slammed into the Gulf Coast, the third strongest ever to make landfall in the U.S.
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Michelle and her 14-year-old daughter out front of the 300-square-foot trailer the family has been living in since their home was lost in the Camp fire.
Photo: Talia Herman for The Intercept
Michelle Teixeira, Paradise, California
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