Decades of disaster research show how catastrophes strain communities – and reveal the connections that help people endure.
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Losing power also has real consequences for people’s businesses, livelihoods and potentially their health and safety.
The devastating wildfire that destroyed the historic Maui town of Lahaina was still making headlines when Yellowknife issued an evacuation order.
Maui County issued an ‘unsafe water’ alert and urged precautions. Residents can face several toxic hazards from fires, as an expert in the chemical risks from fires explains.
Human exposure to wildfires in the US more than doubled in the past two decades. A climate scientist looks at who is at risk and why.
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Executive Director of the Strategic Energy Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University; United Nations University
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Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
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Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
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Associate Dean for Research & Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington