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$5 million proposal could help acequias recover from disasters in the past and future

Senate Bill 176 would create a $5 million pot that acequia stewards and communities could pull from each year to help recover from disasters that have happened and could occur in the future.
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Are people who need feeding tubes left on their own when disaster strikes?
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Are people who need feeding tubes left on their own when disaster strikes?

Some cities are starting to update their emergency response systems to include the half million Americans who rely on tubes for nutrition. In the face of the climate crisis, the change is urgently needed.
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Here's how the government wants to disaster-proof your home

On this first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials are launching a new initiative to modernize building codes so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, and other extreme weather events that are intensifying due to climate change .

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Somalia sets up disaster warning centre to battle floods and locusts

At a government building in a former United Nations compound in Mogadishu, Khadar Sheikh Mohamed stares at a bank of giant screens displaying weather conditions across the country.
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Virus crisis exposes cascading weaknesses in U.S. disaster response
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Virus crisis exposes cascading weaknesses in U.S. disaster response

Nonprofits are sending fewer volunteers. Local emergency managers risk being overwhelmed. FEMA is trying “virtual” assistance. And hurricane season starts June 1.
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Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters
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Putting homes in high-risk areas is asking too much of firefighters

Land-use planning should give more weight to the increasing risks of natural hazards like bushfires as the first step in reducing the impacts.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
Home destroyed from a hurricane

Hurricanes’ hidden death toll lingers long after the storm ends

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Hurricane Helene exposes Southeast's flood insurance gap

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Hurricane Helene shifts climate change into focus for 2024 campaign

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Heritage Foundation targets federal agencies with a flood of FOIA requests