Tokyo stages first missile evacuation drillCNN Government officials in Tokyo are conducting the city's first missile evacuation drill to counter the nuclear threat from North Korea. CNN's Will Ripley reports.
Storms hit poorer people harder, from Superstorm Sandy to Hurricane Mariatheconversation.com - Chris Sellers The ferocious “frankenstorm” known as Sandy that ripped through greater New York City five years ago remains one for the record books. Like this …
How Tulsa Became A Model For Preventing FloodsNPR - Joe WertzIf Houston's record deluge during Hurricane Harvey highlighted the dangers of unchecked, sprawling development, then Tulsa — another city built on oil — is a showcase for the opposite. For decades it planned
How Madagascar Took Control Of Its Plague OutbreakNPR - Rae Ellen BichellIn early autumn, it became clear that something was not right in Madagascar. The country often sees small outbreaks of the bubonic plague, which comes from an infection spread by a flea bite. The disease
Two months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico struggles to regain electricity and thousands flee the islandLos Angeles Times - Milton Carrero GalarzaThe lights remain off in bustling cities and in small rural villages. Gas generators, the only alternative to the downed power lines that seem to be everywhere, continuously hum outside hospitals and When
FBI Virulent hog virus outbreak may have been act of terrorism, says FBIipolitics.ca - By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Oct 31, 2017 2:54pm A 2013 outbreak of a virulent pig virus that crippled the American pork industry before infecting farms in Canada and Mexico may have been an act of …
Play button California Wildfires Have Now Killed At Least 23 People; More High Winds ForecastNPR - Bill Chappell , Laurel WamsleyIn the outbreak of powerful and destructive fires that have struck California since Sunday, there are now 22 large wildfires burning in the state. They've caused at least 23 deaths and scorched nearly
Houston area flood maps based on outdated rainfall datahoustonchronicle.com - Ryan Maye Handy The flood maps that help determine where homes are built in Texas, how much insurance costs and which areas would benefit from flood control projects …
Tokyo Is Preparing for Floods ‘Beyond Anything We’ve Seen’The New York Times - By HIROKO TABUCHIKASUKABE, Japan — The cavernous underground cisterns here north of Tokyo could hold the Statue of Liberty, a scale that underscores the site’s immense task: protecting the world’s most populous metropolis
Puerto Rico’s Hospitals Running Out of Everything and Patients Running Out of TimeThe Daily Beast - Ingrid Arnesen SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz said after a week without electricity, patients’ lives are in danger. "My concern right now is with …
What Comes After Hurricane Harvey for People with Disabilities? Restoring, Recovering, and Rebuildingcolorado.edu A Houston-area man is rescued by helicopter after Hurricane Harvey. ©Daniel Farrell, U.S. Air National Guard, 2017. As Houston and the 58 …
America’s Natural Disaster Response Is Its Own Disasternewrepublic.com - Emily Atkin After three major hurricanes, FEMA is facing its costliest challenge ever. Congress can't just throw money at the problem. It's time for …
Amid Chaos of Storms, U.S. Shows It Has Improved Its ResponseThe New York Times - By RICHARD FAUSSETATLANTA — The two massive storms brought death and suffering and damage that will be measured in the billions of dollars. They left millions of residents cowering in their homes to ride out pounding rains,
After a Dozen Hurricanes and 40 Years, Familiar Dangers With Higher StakesThe New York Times - By JOSEPH B. TREASTERHurricane Andrew in 1992, with a 17-foot storm surge and winds so intense that they destroyed the gauges meant to measure them, was the disaster that changed construction standards in Miami and much of
Desperation Mounts in Caribbean Islands: ‘All the Food Is Gone’The New York Times - By AZAM AHMED and KIRK SEMPLEMARIGOT, St. Martin — At dawn, people began to gather, quietly planning for survival after Hurricane Irma. They started with the grocery stores, scavenging what they needed for sustenance: water, crackers,
Incredible view of #hurricaneirma from #ReserveCitizenAirmen Capt. Phil Blancher. @USAFReserve Hurricane Hunters will flytwitter.com
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Hurricane warning: Five lessons for the South from Superstorm Sandycrainsnewyork.com Hurricane Harvey will go down as one of the most devastating storms in our nation’s history. The flooding has wreaked havoc in southeastern Texas and …
What Goes Into Hurricane Forecasting? Satellites, Supercomputers And MoreNPR - Scott NeumanWhere will it go? How strong will it be? When will it hit? Those are the answers everyone wants — not the least of which are the hurricane forecasters themselves. To get those answers, hundreds of millions
What Houston's Mayor Got Right About Handling Disasters (and Why Florida Should Pay Attention)Inc Magazine - Sam JefferiesAs nearly nine trillion tons of water fell on the Houston area in the wake of Hurricane Harvey last week, emergency managers and officials at all levels of government scrambled to respond quickly and The
Everything you need to know about Hurricane IrmaThe Washington Post - By Angela Fritz• The Tampa Bay Area felt Irma’s worst impacts overnight. As the storm moved north, winds shifted to come from the west, bringing a dangerous and storm surge with it. • Hurricane-force winds extended to
With Harvey And Now Irma, Federal Funds And FEMA Are Put To The TestNPR - Brian NaylorThe disaster relief bill given final approval by Congress on Friday can't come too soon for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Without a new injection of funds, officials said FEMA's cash box would
Seven Hard Lessons Federal Responders to Harvey Learned From KatrinaThe New York Times - By DAVE PHILIPPSHOUSTON — During Hurricane Katrina, as residents of New Orleans were left stranded in the floodwaters, thousands of firefighters who had assembled to help rescue people instead spent days wading through
Hurricane Irma: how the storm got so big, intense, and scaryVox - Brian ResnickHurricane Irma is an absolute monster of a storm. It made landfall in the Florida Keys Sunday as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds, and threatens much of the Florida peninsula with dangerous storm
