20 yrs ago this week, #HurricaneKatrina hit New Orleans—the costliest U.S. disaster. What it revealed about race, class & resilience still shapes today’s climate crises. On #TenAcrossConversations, Vann Newkirk joins @DukeReiter to reflect:

Local governments are struggling to fund disaster recovery and mitigation on top of basic operational costs. Regional networks like the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative are a critical support. Hear more from Gretna Mayor, Belinda Constant:

Amid suggestions to turn @fema responsibilities over to the states, we spoke with @MRCTIOperations Exec. Dir. @cmwellenkamp about his organization of 105 mayors that are stepping into support regional resilience and recovery along the Mississippi River:

Cuts to climate research and deep layoffs at @NOAA have made it harder to forecast storms in the Atlantic, according to hurricane specialist and storm surge expert @WPLGLocal10, @MichaelRLowry. A proposed budget cut would further complicate this work:

Hostile heatwaves in the Southwest and deadly storms in the Gulf means more broadcast meteorologists are feeling called to draw the connections between extreme weather and climate change science for audiences. @AmberSullins explains in our latest podcast:

Don't miss our first in-studio VIDEO podcast with @sadiebabits, senior supervising climate editor @NPR. We discuss her new book "Hot Takes: Every Journalist's Guide to Covering Climate Change" and the future of climate reporting along the I-10 and beyond:

ICYMI our latest Ten Across Conversations podcast with @NPR's Senior Supervising Climate Editor @sadiebabits is available now!: Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to receive the video format of this discussion AND a NEW podcast episode this Friday!.

Don't miss our first Ten Across Conversations studio interview with @sadiebabits discussing her new book, "Hot Takes: Every Journalist's Guide to Covering Climate Change.". Audio format out 8.1.25.Video format out 8.8.25. Subscribe now to receive both!:

Don't miss the final half of our discussion with author @eahanks! We want to thank Elizabeth for enriching our understanding and appreciation for this iconic American transect. We hope she'll stop by the show again, soon!:

This clip from part one of our two-part podcast with @eahanks is just a taste of the humor and history that flows throughout her new book, "The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road." Be sure to catch part two of this discussion, available tomorrow!:

The Ten Across geography is an attractive location for data centers due to its affordability and connectivity. But water and power demands for the industry are immense. How sustainable is our tech future? Don't miss the final episode in our series on AI:

Artificial intelligence could change the way cities prepare for major disasters. Amy McGovern, who runs the Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography tells us how and when this breakthrough might occur:

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According to Dr. Amy McGovern, the U.S. can't get to the next breakthrough in AI weather modeling without federal data. The @NWS conducts an estimated six billion weather observations each day. Their work has fallen behind this year due to recent cuts:

Digital twins and artificial intelligence agents are helping cities manage, process, and visualize infrastructure data to support decision-making. Here, we have an example from Houston, where city staff are a building digital twin of its water system:

Cities like Phoenix are using digital twin models to improve stakeholder engagement and transparency in how the community may develop over time. The tool can visualize many different development-related insights such as zoning ordinances or air quality:

Planning for adaptation to sea level rise in coastal communities like Jacksonville, FL has been notoriously challenging. @UF professor of architecture Jeff Carney and others built a digital twin twin of the city, to support decision-making and modeling:

The Trump administration wants to turn most of @fema's responsibilities over to the states. Samantha Montano and other disaster experts warn this is potentially dangerous and unfeasible for many communities. especially for those in the 10X geography:

In the latest podcast, we explore implications of Jay Famiglietti's team's findings of excessive groundwater use in the Colorado River basin over the last 20 years, as a critical negotiation deadline nears for the seven basin states, 30 Tribes and Mexico:

We discuss what a recent discovery of rapid groundwater depletion in the Colorado River basin means for already water-stressed farms in the Southwest in our latest podcast with hydrologist Jay Famiglietti: