Two disaster response experts mapped who gets FEMA buyouts and where they go.
Two disaster response experts mapped who gets FEMA buyouts and where they go. It turns out, they don’t go far.
It’s not a question of if insurance will become unavailable or unaffordable in high-risk areas – it’s a question of when. A disaster risk expert explains.
Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
Flood risks are rising, yet communities may spend millions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding on systems that aren’t built to handle them.
As federal funding for infrastructure rolls in, communities run the risk of spending millions of dollars on systems that aren’t built to handle the flood risks ahead.
Nationally, 57% of the population says they’re not prepared for a flood disaster. Surveys and disasters show that those most at risk are least prepared.
Warnings can now be sent to everyone in a place likely to be flooded – not just those who opt-in.
Two experts in policy and technology who were also co-authors of an international climate assessment see reasons for optimism.
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