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Flood insurance is broken. Here are some ways to fix it

Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University Hundreds of thousands of Americans whose homes were damaged or destroyed by flooding from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma don’t...

Why Hurricanes Harvey and Irma won’t lead to action on climate...

Scott Gabriel Knowles, Drexel University It’s not easy to hold the nation’s attention for long, but three solid weeks of record-smashing hurricanes directly affecting multiple...

Hurricanes drive immigration to the US

Dean Yang, University of Michigan and Parag Mahajan, University of Michigan In the last few weeks, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Katia have cut paths of...

Should the US put power lines underground?

Theodore J. Kury, University of Florida It is the height of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Harvey in...

American generosity after disasters: 4 questions answered

Patrick Rooney, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Editor’s note: After 9/11, Americans responded with the kind of outpouring of generosity usually reserved for the most powerful...

Hurricane Irma Live Video Feed from Key Largo

As Hurricane Irma hits the Florida Keys, watch a live video feed from the Florida Keys. Live Video Time: 5:30am - 11:00am EDT, Sunday, September 10,...

Why social media apps should be in your disaster kit

Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University and Courtney M. Page, Northeastern University With floodwaters at four feet and rising, a family in Houston, Texas abandoned their...

Are catastrophic disasters striking more often?

Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University No sooner had Hurricane Harvey’s record rains receded from Houston and neighboring cities than the residents of Florida...

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