Tag: disaster response
Mississippi River Basin communities launch new disaster relief effort
Water covers a portion of Owl Hoot Road and part of a house in Ridgely, Tenn. on April…
Solar and storage play critical role in Florida’s hurricane resilience
In Florida, hurricanes and the subsequent loss of power are a fact of life. Unfortunately, the loss of…
Former Trump FEMA leader says agency is ‘delaying’ aid
A former Trump administration official who ran the federal disaster agency earlier this year before being fired accused…
Hurricane Katrina haunts New Orleans as Trump guts disaster aid
defaultDarren McKinney grew up in New Orleans’s Lower Ninth Ward. When Hurricane Katrina struck 20 years ago this…
In response to failures and grieving parents, Texas lawmakers advance flood bills
Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more…
FEMA needs more independence to help Florida react to disasters
When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly…
Maui town of Lahaina works to rebuild 2 years after damaging wildfires
Two years after the deadliest American wildfire in more than a century reduced much of the historic Hawaiian…
Sudden, heavy rain in Indian Kashmir leaves 46 dead, more than 200 missing
At least 46 people died and more than 200 were missing following sudden, heavy rain in Indian Kashmir,…