The test facility in Miami helps building designers prevent future storm damage. With the warming climate intensifying hurricanes, engineers are planning a new one with 200 mph winds and storm surge.
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A street-by-street analysis shows where the risks are rising fastest and also lays bare the inequities of who has to endure America’s crippling flood problem.
The most vulnerable communities are being pushed deeper into poverty with each climate-related disaster. Part of the problem is that government aid helps the wealthiest people most.
Four years after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, federal money to rebuild its electricity system is finally about to flow. But it may not deliver what islanders want.
The World Trade Center buildings were built to withstand wind loads more than 30 times the aircrafts’ weight.
When presidents are seeking reelection, federal aid comes more often and more quickly.
Developing a national disaster response plan for the pandemic was only step one.
NOAA released its list of climate and weather disasters that cost the nation more than $1 billion each. Like many climate and weather events this past year, it shattered the record.
New risk models show nearly twice as many properties are at risk from a 100-year flood today than the government’s flood maps indicate.
The US faces a high risk of hurricanes and other disasters this year that could leave thousands of people in need of shelter. COVID-19 will make those disasters more dangerous to manage.
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.
Government agencies spend millions of dollars yearly to buy and demolish homes sited in floodplains. But the program is slow, cumbersome and doesn’t always help those who need it most.
Hurricane Harvey swamped much of Houston in 2017, causing more damage than all other US hurricanes except Katrina. But now the city is authorizing construction in zones at high risk for flooding.
A Puerto Rican librarian with a personal relationship to hurricanes describes the brutal reality of life on this Caribbean island more than a month after Maria and Irma left their mark.
If humanitarian need can’t move the Trump administration to save Puerto Rico, then perhaps American self-interest will: The island is a crucial part of the country’s economic and military machinery.
Is the Federal Emergency Management Agency ready for the new era of disasters?
As Hurricane Harvey shows, flooding can happen wherever large storms stall and dumps lots of rain. A new study finds that development is increasing in flood zones inland, where people may not think they are at risk.
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Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Professor of Hydrology, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
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Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
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Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Alabama
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, Fitchburg State University
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Distinguished Professor of Louisiana Environmental Studies, Louisiana State University
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Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
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Research, Reference and Special Collections Librarian, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
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Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
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Clinical Professor and Co-Director, Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Watts College, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions and Co-Director, Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Arizona State University
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Henry J. Leir Chair in Global Migration, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
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Executive Director, Wharton Risk Center, University of Pennsylvania
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Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies, Vanderbilt University
