Judy Huynh

NHPR: Lyndonville and the surrounding Northeast Kingdom communities aren’t alone in being on that road. By at least one count, Washington County — home to Montpelier — is now tied for being the second-most disaster prone county in America. That’s if you count the number of federal disaster declarations from 2011 through 2023, as the […]

Maine Public: By at least one count, Washington County — home to Montpelier — is now tied for being the second-most disaster prone county in America. That’s if you count the number of federal disaster declarations from 2011 through 2023, as the think tank Rebuild by Design did.  

Clover Leaf: Ninety percent of counties in the US have endured floods, wildfires, hurricanes, or other natural disasters since 2011, according to a report by Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting communities in preparing for and recovering from such catastrophes. This staggering statistic encompasses at least 29 states that have declared national

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: At its most basic, the goal of the Disaster Dollar Database is to start to make visible federal spending on uninsured losses in disaster recovery, at the incident level. There is already a wealth of data available about aggregate agency spending. Rebuild by Design’s Atlas of Disaster and the Bipartisan

Grist: It’s a truism among emergency managers and disaster experts that no region or area is safe from disasters, but the places in the United States that have been hit hardest over the past decade are disproportionately Republican. New data from the climate resilience think tank Rebuild by Design shows that 70 percent of the

NHPR: A new report from the non-profit Rebuild by Design shows that New Hampshire has received 18 disaster declarations between 2011 and 2023, putting it on par with Louisiana and New York, and ahead of Florida. Recent disaster declarations in New Hampshire have largely been related to flooding, as climate change drives more intense rainfall

Climate Proof: Want to know how often your home county has been hit by extreme weather events? Then this new map is for you. The Atlas of Accountability, produced by the nonprofit Rebuild by Design, shows how many federally declared weather disasters have struck each county in the US between 2011 and 2023 — and

Government Technology: A new tool from Rebuild by Design shows climate change is an equal opportunity hazard. But spending money ahead of time on mitigation and prevention can be more cost-effective than committing it after disaster strikes.

Voa Learning English: When it comes to disasters in the United States, most people think of major storms and earthquakes that hit coastal areas. But a study from the nonprofit Rebuild by Design and New York University says disasters happen everywhere across the country.

Tulsa World: Separate data reported by the Rebuild by Design project of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University support a case that governments should dedicate more funding to preparing in advance for disasters rather than waiting until after they occur to help communities recover.