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title: Hurricane Irene left these trees next to the beachfront
date: 2012-05-05T20:44:30Z
modified: 2012-05-05T20:44:30Z
permalink: "https://350.org/hurricane-irene-left-these-trees-next-beachfront/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: Young people in New York understand the first-hand impacts of climate change. Hurricane Irene, the third five-hundred-year climate event in the last twelve months, devastated communities in the region and pummeled the beachfront with debris. This photo was taken in Ausable Valley. 
wpid: 29321
author: May Boeve
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Young people in New York understand the first-hand impacts of climate change. Hurricane Irene, the third five-hundred-year climate event in the last twelve months, devastated communities in the region and pummeled the beachfront with debris. This photo was taken in Ausable Valley.