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Over 20,000 need shelter: Mass. gov seeks solutions to migrant crisis
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency Tuesday, citing an influx of migrants seeking shelter at a time when the cost of housing – already in short supply – continues to rise.There are nearly 5,600 families or more than 20,000 people – many of whom are migrants – currently living in state shelters
Shelter From The West’s Long Winter
Re-Enchantment Book St. Colman's hideaway in the Burren is a still point in a passing world I'm in the west of Ireland today, gallivanting about with the writer Paul Kingsnorth. We went earlier today to visit the cave dwelling of St. Colman Mac Duagh, an early medieval Irish saint, then had oysters and Guinness at
Shelter from the storm: Can a giant flood barrier protect Texas cities from hurricanes?
A version of this story appeared in Science, Vol 378, Issue 6621.Download PDF GALVESTON, TEXAS—Plans for one of the world’s biggest and most expensive flood barriers were born in a second-floor apartment here in this city on the Gulf of Mexico, as water 4 meters deep filled the street below. In September 2008, Bill Merrell