After cuts, we’ll find out how much Florida needs FEMA
With more frequent and intense storms predicted due to climate change, Florida needs FEMA now more than ever.
Tag: Federal Emergency Management Agency
If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
President Donald Trump has questioned FEMA’s future and suggested states take over disaster recovery instead.
Trump is right: Allow Florida to handle disaster relief
As more Americans are impacted by disasters, it’s possible to make the system leaner, more efficient and accountable.
FEMA needs to be improved, not discarded
Taking aggressive action to alleviate climate change would reduce the number of disasters to which FEMA must respond.
Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
With the coming changes, you will be the fact-checker on Facebook and other Meta apps.
The business case for saving coral reefs
Researchers found the nation’s reefs spare about 18,000 people and $1.8 billion in economic assets from floods each year.
New FEMA maps bring Florida’s flood risks to forefront
The new maps mean more Floridians will be required to buy flood insurance.
As Trump mulls his FEMA pick, a political land mine awaits in Florida
The agency is hiking insurance rates and punishing flood-prone construction in the president-elect’s favorite state.
Grassroots hurricane relief efforts fight disinformation, slow bureaucracies and more frequent catastrophes
In the aftermath of Helene and Milton, mutual aid groups call for structural change in how the nation responds to ...
Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way
Streamlining the rebuilding process to deliver information that emphasizes high-impact changes could make resilient choices easier.
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