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An ABC News data analysis found pollution from daily vehicle traffic is associated with higher health risks for people living near interstates, expressways and freeways. To Amy Stelly and other residents of New Orleans' Tremé neighborhood, the elevated stretch of Interstate 10 built alongside their homes more than a half-century ago is known as "The Monster." The highway, called the Claiborne Expressway, has become a vital passageway, allowing commuters and commerce traffic to cross over one of the city's most historic neighborhoods into the Central Business District. But to Stelly, a designer, teacher and New Orleans native, the expressway is a concrete behemoth that tore through Tremé – the nation's oldest Black community and the birthplace of jazz music – destroying its economy, and forcing businesses and residents to leave. New Orleans' Claiborne Avenue Expressway cuts through one of the oldest African American communities in the country. ABC News "It...

The same atmospheric river storm system that is bringing devastating flooding to communities all over California is providing much-needed relief to the state's forests. California's precious trees are receiving a much-needed reprieve from the extreme drought conditions they have been experiencing for several decades. The same atmospheric river storm system that is bringing devastating flooding to communities all over California is providing relief to the state's forests, according to experts. MORE: California towns evacuated as monster storm expected to bring foot of rain Data released last week by the U.S. Drought Monitor shows that regions in California and Nevada that were previously in "exceptional drought" status the week before -- the highest level of concern -- have been alleviated as a result of the rounds of heavy rain that have been walloping the coast. The plethora of extra moisture is likely to stave off a mass die-off of trees in the West, Jim Rande...