The aftermath of floods, hurricanes and other disasters can be hardest on older rural Americans – here’s how families and neighbors can help
Rural hospitals have been closing, putting emergency care further out of reach, but that’s only one of the heightened challenges aging rural communities face after a disaster.
July 8, 2025 • ~8 min
Hurricane Helene set up future disasters, from landslides to flooding – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk models
Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggests new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.
June 26, 2025 • ~7 min
Natural disasters don’t disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops – they evolve
Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggest new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.
June 26, 2025 • ~7 min
Natural hazards don’t disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops – they evolve
Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggest new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.
June 26, 2025 • ~7 min
Low-income homeowners hit by disasters may get less help from the government, as Trump administration nixes rules on fairness, community input and resilience
Changes made to comply with executive orders could interfere with the mission of a program that has historically helped some of the people who most need a hand.
June 20, 2025 • ~8 min
What could have caused the Air India crash? An expert examines the proposed failure scenarios
Various failure scenarios have been aired as the Boeing 787 crash investigation continues.
June 17, 2025 • ~7 min
Storm damage costs are often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding extreme weather risk
Forecasters already patch together very rough estimates, and ending NOAA’s ‘billion-dollar disasters’ list means less access to insurance data. Texas’ state climatologists explain why that matters.
June 4, 2025 • ~9 min
Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding storm risk, but it can be fixed
Forecasters already patch together very rough estimates, and ending NOAA’s ‘billion-dollar disasters’ list means less access to insurance data. Texas’ state climatologists explain why that matters.
June 4, 2025 • ~9 min
Hurricane season is here, but FEMA’s policy change could leave low-income areas less protected
Low-income neighborhoods have the hardest time recovering from disasters without help. FEMA used to require cities to pay attention to them, but that’s changing.
May 30, 2025 • ~8 min
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