As storms, wildfires, and floods strike in ever-closer succession, an architect with disaster risk science expertise explains why resilience is built between hazards, not during them.
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Cascading hazards and entrenched inequalities have led to false starts in reconstruction and ongoing suffering since the 2023 disaster in India’s eastern Himalayas.
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.
A home might appear fine, but toxic contamination isn’t always evident by sight or smell. An engineer share safety tips for the recovery.
Increasing flash flooding is exhausting communities as they’re hit again and again.
If you want to help, an aid expert advises you to donate cash to nonprofits involved in local rescue and recovery efforts.
The dead remains of foundation species can boost or deter how well future generations are able to grow and thrive.
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.
Disaster recovery agencies and governments must pay more attention to survivors’ invisible losses: grief, broken communities and disrupted identities.
After record rains devastated Lismore in 2022, many businesses have rebuilt with the next flood in mind – from waterproof interiors to running practice evacuations.
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.
Disaster recovery is much harder on isolated islands, and people may migrate away if it’s too slow. Support from Jamaicans in the US, UK and Canada to rebuild for a better future can help.
States used to be on their own when a disaster hit. Then the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 and the Dust Bowl showed why federal coordination was essential.
There are ways the state could help these communities, as a team of disaster planning specialists explains.
After a natural disaster, survivors often suffer from prolonged trauma for years to come, particularly in places where mental health services are few and far between.
Rural hospitals have been closing, putting emergency care further out of reach, but that’s only one of the heightened challenges aging rural communities face after a disaster.
After the 2022 Northern Rivers floods, the complex and difficult work of women was largely overlooked.
Changes made to comply with executive orders could interfere with the mission of a program that has historically helped some of the people who most need a hand.
The Trump administration wants to abolish FEMA and hand disaster recovery over to states. But local officials are best positioned to help local people in a crisis.
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