Tag: Hurricanes
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...
After Hurricane Helene, survivors have been in a race against time...
Nick Lehr, The Conversation
The total damage from Hurricane Helene to North Carolina – be it physical, psychological or...
Jails and prisons often fail to protect incarcerated people during natural disasters
Benika Dixon, Texas A&M University; J. Carlee Purdum, University of Houston, and Tara Goddard, Texas A&M University
The United...
Florida’s new condo laws recognize the total price of living on...
Bill Hughes, University of Florida
Nearly a million Florida condo owners face an important deadline at the end of...
Colonialism’s legacy has left Caribbean nations much more vulnerable to hurricanes
Farah Nibbs, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Long before colonialism brought slavery to the Caribbean, the native islanders saw...
Hemingway, after the hurricane
Verna Kale, Penn State
The 2024 hurricane season has been especially disastrous, and the casualties and widespread damage from...
People displaced by hurricanes face anxiety and a long road to...
Trevor Memmott, UMass Boston and Christian Weller, UMass Boston
The trauma of natural disasters doesn’t end when the storm...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks
Kristina P. Brant, Penn State
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....
