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Hotels in the Bahamas are helping the islands recover from the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Dorian, just as they did in Florida following Irma in 2017.
Even in areas predicted to take direct hits from hurricanes and other storms, hospitals must do all they can to stay open. It isn’t an easy task, but preparation and practice help.
Barbuda’s recovery is deliberately slow as neighbouring Antigua wants to develop the island’s tourism.
The Trump administration has proposed a major revamp of the National Flood Insurance Program since its inception in 1968. Here’s why it needs fixing.
Even before the British billionaire invested US$1 billion in making the region ‘climate-smart,’ Jamaica, Barbados and Dominica were pioneering a renewable energy boom in the Caribbean.
As Hurricane Florence is expected to pound the Carolinas with significant flooding, an insurance expert explains how the program designed to help the millions affected recover.
While the hurricanes last year dealt devastating blows to Puerto Rico, its challenges predate the storms and continue on today. They also offer new opportunities.
In the wake of two hurricanes in the Turks and Caicos Islands, researchers document for the first time that catastrophic storms can be agents of natural selection, influencing how species evolve.
New research discovered how people use emoji to express their concern and support during tragedies and disasters.
The Caribbean braces for another hurricane season even as many nations remain crippled by the catastrophic damage of 2017. Here, experts assess the region’s difficult and costly storm recovery.
The whole island has been in common ownership for centuries, but foreign investors want individual property rights.
New research suggests politics and risk perception may explain why the US and Caribbean see climate change so differently, though both places are ever more vulnerable to powerful hurricanes.
Climate change threatens to widen the health gap between the haves and have-nots. Here’s why addressing environmental issues that drive poor health is a starting point.
2017 brought wild, wacky and even deadly weather. Australia was hit by heatwaves and torrential rains, plus some surprisingly cool spells. Hurricanes hit America, and a killer monsoon lashed Asia.
Tesla, China and Richard Branson are among those offering to help Caribbean nations rebuild – and do so in a greener, more resilient way – after the devastating 2017 hurricane season.
Charitable giving and government aid can shortchange disasters that follow other disasters.
Although Puerto Ricans are American citizens, what happens on the island tends to stay there, at least in terms of economic data.
Evidence shows that US taxpayers are less willing to support extensive disaster relief when the victims are not white. Could that explain the Trump administration’s lackluster support for Puerto Rico?
With this technology, citizen scientists could even help to predict the damage caused by future disasters.
Top contributors
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo
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Posdoctoral Researcher in Local Energy Systems, University of Oxford
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Director, Climate Change Communication Research Hub, Monash University
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Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
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Research Associate, University of Manchester
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Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Development, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Principal Research Scientist, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology, Swansea University
