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ATLAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: COUNTY-LEVEL FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATIONS (2011-2024)

Between 2011 and 2024, 99.5% of congressional districts experienced at least one federally declared major disaster due to extreme weather, affecting communities across political, urban-rural, and socioeconomic lines. These events, fueled by climate change, cost taxpayers $117.9 billion in federal relief—$72.7 billion from FEMA for hazard mitigation (HM) and public assistance (PA), as well as $45.2 billion

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Increasing extreme hourly precipitation risk for New York Cityafter Hurricane Ida

The remnants of Hurricane Ida caused major damage and death in the United States on September 1st, 2021, and 11 people drowned in flooded basement apartments within New York City (NYC). It was catastrophic because the maximum hourly precipitation intensity, recorded as 3.47 inches (88.1 mm) per hour at Central Park, was unprecedentedly high for

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Availability, Affordability, and Adequacy of Insurance in Areas Impacted by Climate-related Risks

A group of experts was assembled by the Society of Actuaries Research Institute (SOA) on June 4, 2024, to discuss how climate change is influencing insurance affordability, availability, and adequacy in North America. Specific topics that were addressed included concerns the insurance industry has including ones of which they may yet be unaware, factors that

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