Emergency Preparedness And Response

By Ryan McKay

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Tokyo stages first missile evacuation drill
CNN
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 Maria
theconversation.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 Floods
NPR - Joe Wertz
If 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 Outbreak
NPR - Rae Ellen Bichell
In 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
Puerto Rico
Two months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico struggles to regain electricity and thousands flee the island
Los Angeles Times - By Milton Carrero Galarza and Kurtis Lee
The 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
Virulent hog virus outbreak may have been act of terrorism, says FBI
ipolitics.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 …
California Wildfires Have Now Killed At Least 23 People; More High Winds Forecast
NPR - Bill Chappell , Laurel Wamsley
Updated at 11:40 p.m. ET In 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
Houston area flood maps based on outdated rainfall data
houstonchronicle.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 TABUCHI
KASUKABE, 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 Time
The 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 Rebuilding
colorado.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 …
Liberal View
America’s Natural Disaster Response Is Its Own Disaster
newrepublic.com - Emily Atkin
For two decades, the Pentagon operated under a simple doctrine: We must always be able to fight two wars at once. But in 2009, the Pentagon started …
Amid Chaos of Storms, U.S. Shows It Has Improved Its Response
The New York Times - By RICHARD FAUSSET
ATLANTA — 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 Stakes
The New York Times - By JOSEPH B. TREASTER
MIAMI — Every hurricane tells a story. Hurricane 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
INTERACTIVE: A Portrait Of Hurricane Irma, By The People Caught In It
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Desperation Mounts in Caribbean Islands: ‘All the Food Is Gone’
The New York Times - By AZAM AHMED and KIRK SEMPLE
MARIGOT, 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,
Survival Tips: What NOT To Do Once Hurricane Irma Blows Over
wlrn.org
Incredible view of #hurricaneirma from #ReserveCitizenAirmen Capt. Phil Blancher. @USAFReserve Hurricane Hunters will fly
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Hurricane warning: Five lessons for the South from Superstorm Sandy
crainsnewyork.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 More
NPR - Scott Neuman
Where 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 - By Sam Jefferies
Clear, effective communications are vital after a natural disaster. As nearly nine trillion tons of water fell on the Houston area in the wake of Hurricane Harvey last week, emergency managers and officials
Everything you need to know about Hurricane Irma
The Washington Post - By Angela Fritz
The latest • 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
With Harvey And Now Irma, Federal Funds And FEMA Are Put To The Test
NPR - Brian Naylor
Updated at 10:45 a.m. ET The 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
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Seven Hard Lessons Federal Responders to Harvey Learned From Katrina
The New York Times - By DAVE PHILIPPS
HOUSTON — 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 scary
Vox - Brian Resnick
“You need a perfect recipe to get a storm like Irma.” Hurricane 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