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Hurricane Milton makes landfall: Here's what you need to know

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Plus: The issue of Trump's age, the life-or-death case before the Supreme Court, and more October 10, 2024 View in browser   Benji Jones is an environmental correspondent covering  biodiversity loss and climate change. Benji Jones is an environmental correspondent covering  biodiversity loss and climate change.     Hurricane Milton slams Florida Getty Images Good morning. I'm Benji Jones, an environmental correspondent at Vox, here with details on the big story this morning: Hurricane Milton.    Milton made landfall ne

22 million people. No water?

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Plus: Scammers always win, brain worms, and more. May 9, 2024 View in browser   Good morning. Today you've got me, Caroline Houck. Mexico City, North America's largest city, is staring down a water crisis. It won't be the last city to do so. How do we prevent this?  — Caroline Houck, senior editor of news   Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images Day Zero in Mexico City? Mexico City is parched.    After abysmally low amounts of rainfall over the last few years, the reservoirs of the Cutzamala water system that supplies over 20 percent of the Mexican capital's 22 million residents' usable water are running ou