WKMS: Newly published research shows Kentucky has some of the most disaster-plagued counties in America.
Kentucky counties rank among most plagued by federally declared disasters since 2011 Read More »
KVCR: NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge developed an Atlas of Disaster and Accountability that shows the disaster count and FEMA funds issued to each state
California top ranked with most natural disaster Read More »
Ninety-one percent of congressional districts include a county that has received a federal disaster declaration for an extreme weather event between 2011 and 2023. These events impact both urban and rural.
ATLAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: COUNTY-LEVEL FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATIONS (2011-2023) Read More »
Washington Post: A 2% surcharge on property insurance policies, mandatory fees on the oil and gas industries, and holding a public referendum are ways a public-private group formed in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy recommends to pay for projects to protect New Jersey from the next big storm. In a report released this week, Rebuild By
NJ Spotlight: Hoboken’s four resiliency parks conceal massive underground tanks that can take on about 4 million gallons of rainwater. Amy Chester, the director of Rebuild by Design, the organization that drew up the parks, says early estimates show the tanks reducing local flooding by 88%, justifying the price tag of more than $230 million.
Hoboken’s resiliency parks fight flooding but come with a big price tag Read More »
In 2024, in an effort to address drought, wildfire, extreme weather, flooding, and landslides, Rebuild by Design partnered with Mithun and ETC, Inc. to provide technical assistance to Ahora, Inc. – a Puerto Rico based nonprofit – an the municipality of Guayama to submit an application for an EPA Community Change for Equitable Resilience Grant.
GUYAMA, PUERTO RICO Read More »
In 2024, is Rebuild by Design partnered with One Architecture and Urbanism and eDesign Dynamics to provide technical assistance to Mujeres de Islas – a community-based organization on the island of Culebra -the easternmost island of Puerto Rico’s archipelago and one of the most vulnerable areas to hurricanes. The project looks to design interventions to
CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO Read More »
In 2024, Rebuild by Design partnered with Marvel Designs and LERA Consulting Structural Engineers (LERA) to provide technical assistance to the nonprofit Corazón Latino to help them submit an application for an EPA Community Change for Equitable Resilience Grant. In this role, Rebuild led the planning behind the community engagement and development of the application
LUQUILLO, PUERTO RICO Read More »
The Daily Beast: The heat dome blighting huge swaths of the country isn’t going away yet, as the weekend shapes up to be another brutal scorcher. Weather forecasts project temperatures as high as 108 degrees in Las Vegas and 104 in Phoenix, while the east coast is roasting as well. Baltimore and Philadelphia were forecast to hit
Heat Wave Torturing the U.S. Will Get Worse in Some States Read More »
New York Times: There’s a reason heat waves feel hotter in New York City: Concrete. And here in the city, we have a lot of it. Our buildings, roads and sidewalks absorb the heat from the sun and then release it, a process known as the “urban heat island effect.” A 2023 study on the phenomenon reported
Much of U.S. Bakes as Some Cities Break Temperature Records Read More »
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