Decades of disaster research show how catastrophes strain communities – and reveal the connections that help people endure.
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Caribbean territories such as Puerto Rico say their information is inferior to that received in the continental US.
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.
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.
After Dominica was devastated by Hurricane Maria, it wanted a climate-resilient future.
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.
Within two weeks of Hurricane Fiona, FEMA had accepted most Puerto Rican housing aid applications. Nearly all those early approvals cover only $700 in assistance and won’t pay the tab for rebuilding.
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.
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.
Social inequalities worsen storm damage and challenge disaster recovery, increasing class divides over time.
Extreme weather events prompt people to move, a trend that could accelerate in a warming climate. But the ability to migrate internally in the US depends largely on economic status.
Big storms with lots of flooding, like hurricanes Dorian and Maria, actually restore the Caribbean’s delicate balance between native and nonnative fish species, new research finds.
Rosselló’s corruption is just the latest in a string of disasters for Puerto Ricans – but it also created an opportunity for a stressed community to come together.
Getting everyone whose lives were thrown off-track back takes a lot of personal effort, paired with work done by a constantly shifting mix of nonprofits and governmental agencies over many years.
Trump has repeatedly misconstrued the territory as not being part of the United States. But it is.
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.
Donald Trump claims his administration has carried out an “all-out effort” in preparing for the effects of climate change. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, forever changing the lives of the children who survived. Their stories can help Puerto Rico identify and aid the kids most traumatized by Hurricane Maria.
It’s been one year since a Category 4 storm turned Puerto Rico into a disaster zone. Today, nearly every pillar of society — including the economy, health care and schools — remains hobbled.
The billions of dollars worth of aid dispatched every year to alleviate the suffering and damage after earthquakes and hurricanes would do more good if it didn’t get clumped up.
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Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Demography and Public Policy, Penn State
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PhD candidate in African & African Diaspora Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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PhD Candidate, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES), University of British Columbia
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Posdoctoral Researcher in Local Energy Systems, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Assistant Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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ARC Future Fellow and Associate Professor in Climate Science, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, The University of Melbourne
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Research Professor, Centro de Investigaciones Sociales, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras
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Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University