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An expert on Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria explains why it’s hard for the US to deliver disaster aid in places like Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
As extreme weather events increase in frequency and severity, many Canadians are still unaware of how to prepare for a natural disaster.
Human exposure to wildfires in the US more than doubled in the past two decades. A climate scientist looks at who is at risk and why.
Three economists looked at years of temperature and death data and calculated the costs when forecasts miss the mark.
More extreme rainfall and frequent storms are raising the risk that floodwaters could spill over dams, or that dams could fail.
Parts of New York’s Hudson Valley were hit with 10 inches of rain, and the mountains of Vermont – where runoff can quickly turn deadly – saw some its worst flooding since Hurricane Irene.
One in ten people around the world live near an active volcano. Understanding the drivers of eruptions is crucial.
Nearly 22 million people lived within 3 miles of a US wildfire in the past two decades. A new study tracking their locations flips the script on who is at risk.
A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.
FEMA runs the largest managed retreat program in the country, Two disaster response experts looked at the demographics of who gets those buyouts and where they go.
Creating a federal agency — let’s call it the Emergency Management Agency of Canada or EMAC — would support comprehensive emergency management as Canada faces more and more natural disasters.
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write policies and invest.
It’s not a question of if insurance will become unavailable or unaffordable in areas at high risk of wildfires, hurricanes and other damage – it’s a question of when. A disaster risk expert explains.
El Niño years put Hawaii and the Mexican Riviera on alert for destructive tropical storms and hurricanes.
High-risk, high-uncertainty events like earthquakes tend to fall out of view when we are occupied with more predictable seasonal events like wildfires, which have very visible effects on our lives.
Nationally, 57% of the population says they’re not prepared for a flood disaster. Surveys and disasters show that those most at risk are least prepared.
Do record-breaking wind speeds mean a particularly catastrophic storm? Not always – and it can be tricky to get precise measurements.
The housing crisis coupled with climate change could see more people living in the kinds of shanty towns and tent cities seen around the time of the Great Depression.
When government responses to a natural disaster do not address the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women and girls, women tend to lose trust in the institutions.
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Professor of Climate Science, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
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Associate Professor of Earthquake Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Sr. Associate Vice President for Research and Research Professor, University of Oregon
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Senior Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania
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Scientia Professor and Director of the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
