…Gulf of Mexico, most hurricanes occur between June 1 and Nov. 30. Hurricane season for the Eastern Pacific basin, which includes the waters off the nation’s west coast, lasts from…
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…roads. Reporters covering hurricanes often describe damage and the rebuilding process. Yet slow demographic and population changes also impact long-term policy and government spending. How do people living in these areas assess…
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…on their local community and find out what aspects of climate change are impacting people’s health. Is it wildfires, drought, more intense hurricanes or more days of extreme heat? “Start…
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…to extreme weather, it isn’t settled science as to whether global warming correlates to more severe or more frequent tornadoes. By contrast, hurricanes have been linked to climate change, with…
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…FEMA had failed the people it was created to help. The federal agency’s mission is to prepare the country for and respond to natural disasters such as hurricanes, wildfires and…
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…U.S. wildfire in a century, has a current estimated cost of nearly $10 billion. Heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S., outranking hurricanes, tornadoes and floods,…
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…severe storms and natural disasters such as hurricanes, typhoons, or earthquakes, can disrupt water systems — exposing drinking water to waste water and other effluents — thus increasing the risk…
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…damage from hurricanes, measured as a share of economic output (GDP), will increase. That means not only that future hurricanes will cost more dollars to clean up, but that the…
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…Hurricanes in the Gulf Coast, 1970–2005” Logan, John R.; Issar, Sukriti; Xu, Zengwang. Demography, 2016. doi:10.1007/s13524-016-0496-4. Abstract: “Hurricanes pose a continuing hazard to populations in coastal regions. This study estimates the…
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…Ike in 2008, and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita renewed interest in the suite of tools available to improve flood resiliency. In addition to oversight and funding of emergency response activities,…
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