[Chesterbelloc]

This was in last October's National Geographic. This online article is shorter than the one that was in the magazine.

[Rio]

That was certainly prophetic.

I'm surprised that this hasn't happened in hurricanes past.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Don't mess with Mother Nature. You can use her bounty but when you start altering how she works you upset the system of checks and balances. You can't really destroy her, as she will recover and be here long after we are gone, but you can displace her temporarily.