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Climatologist David Phillips explains how hurricanes can trigger more natural disasters, which make recovery that much more difficult for devastated areas.

Hurricane Irene came and went, but not without leaving a major impact. Properties were destroyed, people were killed, and homes were flooded. New York City closed its public transportation system for the first time in history and evacuated over 370,000 of its citizens. Before the storm hit, eight states had declared states of emergency, with President Obama weighing in with added measures on some states, such as North Carolina, New Jersey and New York who were anticipating potentially greater risk.

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The World Desk is reliably informed that a reconnaissance team that arrived in Haiti last night is there to consider whether a  Canadian Disaster Assistance Response Team should be deployed. DART is on standby. Haiti has been devastated by hurricanes and tropical storms.