<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Into the Storm
What We’re Following
Watching the Weather: It’s still unclear what the impact of Hurricane Irma will be on Florida, but the National Hurricane Center in Miami is in its path and monitoring the situation. One difficulty comes in communicating warnings to those who don’t speak English. And by combining ship tracking images and wind tracking data, it’s possible to see how marine craft have been avoiding the storm. Also, despite EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s statement that it isn’t appropriate to talk about climate change in the midst of a natural disaster, James Hamblin argues the opposite.
The House approved the Trump struck with Democrats, sending $15.25 billion in hurricane relief to Texas during a hearing in which religion became a central focus. Meanwhile, Senate investigators were preoccupied with talking to about his June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer—and in his statement to the investigators is as noteworthy as what he did.
