As of August 2023, the U.S. has seen 15 weather- and climate-related disasters, with damages exceeding one billion dollars each. In such an overwhelming scenario, federal emergency assistance and ...

For centuries, America has prioritized international diplomacy, because as a young nation, our continued existence depended on it. It is time we recognize what has now become axiomatic: the evolving ...

Chairman Wagner, Ranking Member Green, and members of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to testify on the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery ...

Many emergency managers have long since recognized that as the nation continues to respond to disaster after disaster, most of them climate related, it’s past time to look at managing disasters from ...

A disaster is often defined as a critical incident whose negative impact is characterized by great physical damage, loss of life, or hardship. But disasters can also result in great psychological ...

Bruce Glavovic currently receives funding from various funding bodies including the National Science Challenge: Deep South (MBIE) and from Horizons Regional Council for work on adaptation planning in ...

Natural disasters of seemingly increasing intensity have been hitting New Hampshire hard over the past 45 years. Sheehan Phinney sponsors NH Legal Perspective. This column does not provide legal ...

Hurricane Ike left one hell of a mess behind, didn‘t it? Though the storm surge thankfully only reached 15 feet - not the 25 foot level everyone feared - its winds and heavy rains socked the gulf ...

When you look at disasters, their causes and how disaster response and recovery are handled, there is always some political element to them. Finger pointing is a common element in the post-disaster ...

Southeast Asia is one of the world’s most natural disaster-prone regions. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific estimates that natural disasters drain the region ...

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