A Beauty That Hurts
A Photoessay
Photo of rescuers helping people after a storm.
Photo of an elderly woman crying after a storm has left her property covered in mud.
Photo of a mother carrying a child on her back, crossing a stream by walking over a tree trucnk. A rope has been attached to a tree to guide her.
Photo of a family next to thjeir home, with two young boys clearing the mud from a storm.
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