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Hurricane Florence Is Heading for the East Coast. Who Will Be Affected?

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Disasters like this one have been found to disproportionately affect low-income people and people of color.
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Hurricane Florence gains strength in the Atlantic Ocean as it moves west, seen from the International Space Station on September 10th, 2018.
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