Hurricane Melissa’s destruction in Jamaica seen in before-and-after satellite images

[ad_1] Communities across the Caribbean are reeling in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, which ripped through Jamaica, Cuba and Hispaniola, the island comprising Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this week.  While officials said that damage assessments remained underway to determine the full scope of the destruction, satellite images offered a preliminary look at some of…

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SNAP funding is set to lapse Nov. 1, leaving recipients empty-handed. Here’s what experts say.

[ad_1] The prolonged U.S. government shutdown is putting millions of Americans at risk of missing their November food stamp benefits, a vital lifeline for low-income households. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, said in a memo Sunday that no benefits will be issued on Nov. 1, leaving the program’s roughly 42…

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