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Why are Atlantic and Gulf coast property owners building back bigger...

Eli Lazarus, University of Southampton and Evan B. Goldstein, University of North Carolina – Greensboro U.S. coastal counties are densely populated and extensively developed. They...

The economic cost of devastating hurricanes and other extreme weather events...

Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University June marks the official start of hurricane season. If recent history is any guide, it will prove to be another...

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...

Hurricanes and water wars threaten the Gulf Coast’s new high-end...

Daniel R. Petrolia, Mississippi State University and William C. Walton, Auburn University For Cainnon Gregg, 2018 started out as a great year. After leaving his...

Protecting wetlands helps communities reduce damage from hurricanes and storms

Siddharth Narayan, University of California, Santa Cruz and Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz 2017 was the worst year on record for hurricane damage...

Relaxed environmental regulations heighten risk during natural disasters

Brian J. Gerber, Arizona State University and Melanie Gall, Arizona State University Heavy rains following Hurricane Florence have raised concerns over the release of toxic...

Want to help after hurricanes? Give cash, not diapers

Julia Brooks, Harvard University Some companies and community groups didn’t wait for Hurricane Florence to make landfall before organizing donation drives. But as a researcher...

What is flood insurance and why the system is broken: 6...

Robert W. Klein, Georgia State University Editor’s note: Homeowners generally rely on insurance provided by the federal government to cover the costs of rebuilding their...

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