This week marks five years since the Camp Fire ripped through Butte County, destroying the town of Paradise in the process – and several events are being held to commemorate the community’s progress with rebuilding.
The experience of Lytton — a town in British Columbia that suffered a disastrous fire last year and has yet to rebuild — shows how adapting to climate threats, and its slow and arduous recovery phase, can inflict its own wounds.
After Hurricane Katrina devastated St. Bernard Parish, many residents didn’t receive enough money from the state to rebuild. Nearly half made the difficult decision to start over somewhere else.
Billions of new taxpayer dollars are aimed at helping victims of extreme weather leave their vulnerable homes. But without a lot of teeth, the federal programs may just perpetuate the problem.
Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced a new national adaptation strategy for climate change while on P.E.I., saying that part of the strategy will be new approaches to rebuilding after disasters like post-tropical storm Fiona.
