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Tag: Disaster response

If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?

Ming Xie, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and...

Why FEMA’s disaster relief gets political − especially when hurricane season...

Jennifer Selin, Arizona State University Rumors and lies about government responses to natural disasters are not new. Politics, misinformation...

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...

What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: Valuable...

Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security...

4 tips for selecting charities after disasters like Hurricane Dorian

David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York Hurricane Dorian’s destruction in the Bahamas, North Carolina and up the Atlantic coast provides a terrible...

How rural areas like Florida’s Panhandle can become more hurricane-ready

Eren Erman Ozguven, Florida State University When Hurricane Michael roared onto northwest Florida’s Gulf Coast in October 2018, its 160 mile-per-hour winds made it the...

Why flood insurance needs an overhaul: 6 questions answered

Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University Editor’s note: The Trump administration plans to significantly revamp the pricing of flood insurance. While some homeowners would see...

Scientist at work: Measuring public health impacts after disasters

Scientist at work: Measuring public health impacts after disasters ...

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