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I study local government and Hurricane Helene forced me from my...

Jay Rickabaugh, North Carolina State University Last year was a record year for disasters in the United States. A...

Tornadoes, wildfires and other disasters tell a story of vulnerability and...

Tricia Wachtendorf, University of Delaware and James Kendra, University of Delaware People often think of disasters as great equalizers....

Want to help Maui’s animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble

Sarah DeYoung, University of Delaware An estimated 3,000 pets were still missing more than a week after deadly wildfires...

Disasters can wipe out affordable housing forever unless communities plan ahead...

Shannon Van Zandt, Texas A&M University The tornadoes and wildfires that devastated communities from Kentucky to Colorado in the...

Wild weather: 4 essential reads about tornadoes and thunderstorms

Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation Springtime in the U.S. is frequently a season for thunderstorms, which can spawn tornadoes. These...

Wildfires can poison drinking water – here’s how communities can be...

Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University and Caitlin R. Proctor, Purdue University In recent years wildfires have entered urban areas, causing breathtaking destruction. The 2018 Camp Fire...

Rich and poor don’t recover equally from epidemics. Rebuilding fairly will...

Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Since the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, disaster recovery plans are almost always framed with...

Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive,...

Sybil Derrible, University of Illinois at Chicago; Juyeong Choi, Florida State University, and Nazli Yesiller, California Polytechnic State University The most destructive and costliest wildfire...

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