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Decades of disaster research show how catastrophes strain communities – and reveal the connections that help people endure.
Villagers are picking up the pieces after a catastrophic flash flood ripped through the region.
Recovery time between climate disasters makes a huge difference to the consequences affecting local people.
Florida’s current approach to insurance is forcing those who can least afford it to bear the cost of the climate crisis. But different approaches are available.
Melissa was just the latest blow, following close on the heels of Beryl. Many islands today have little time to recover before the next disaster hits.
FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities.
Getting aid to countries before the storm or drought hits is one response increasingly being used to limit the damage.
A town hit hard by two hurricanes, downpours and a deep freeze, all in the midst of a pandemic, offers crucial lessons for everyone’s disaster planning and recovery.
The North Queensland floods remind us of the need to build community resilience to disasters – during the event, in the immediate aftermath and beyond.
With Morocco, there’s stronger bureaucracy, and in Libya, authorities are weaker. But, as a scholar who has worked in both countries explains, the results are the same: not enough aid getting through.
An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines to watch.
Animal shelters and other organizations that support pets and their owners after disasters will still need help months after the media has moved on.
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.
Research shows that young girls can be pushed into marriage in refugee camps or during national disasters.
Food, shelter and medical supplies are important but not the only things that help people get back on their feet.
The window of survival after an earthquake is narrow and there are three top priorities for aid workers.
2022 has been Australia’s year of freak floods. Here’s what stricken Victorians are set to experience in the weeks and months ahead.
Hurricane Fiona will set back efforts to restore Puerto Rico that date back five years to Hurricane Maria. Two scholars explain how the island’s weak institutions worsen the impacts of disasters.
A new study shows how governments’ emergency aid response is influenced by the news media and politicians’ publicity concerns.
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