Government Technology: A new report shows that 90 percent of U.S. counties have experienced a climate-related federal disaster declaration and suggests that a paradigm shift from recovery to resilience is critical. Many emergency managers have long since recognized that as the nation continues to respond to disaster after disaster, most of them climate related, it’s […]
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WDIY 88.1: Northampton County has been one of the hardest-hit parts of Pennsylvania when it comes to weather-related disasters. That’s according to a new report. WDIY’s Sarit Laschinsky has more. The assessment, released by the nonprofit Rebuild by Design, found that nine climate disasters were federally declared in Pennsylvania between 2011-2021. Out of that total, both
ABC 4: SALT LAKE CITY — Utah ranks as the third-lowest state for spending on climate disasters in the U.S., according to a report from Rebuild by Design (RBD). The report, which you can see in its entirety at the bottom of this post, is part of RBD’s statistics for Utah gathered from 2011 to 2021, and it
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Staten Island Advance: Nine in every 10 counties in the United States have experienced a weather event so severe in the past decade that it was declared a federal climate disaster. Last year alone saw 20 separate billion-dollar weather catastrophes that resulted in nearly 700 deaths, a new report found. The research, published in Rebuild
Yahoo News: The Atlas of Disaster, a collaboration with Rebuild by Design and iParametrics, found that 90 percent of U.S. counties have been impacted by a federal climate disaster in the past decade. APTIM, in collaboration with Rebuild by Design and iParametrics, has released the Atlas of Disaster, a comprehensive study on the impacts of climate risk across
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Aspen Daily News: It’s a little like the old man who goes to his doctor and reports that he sleeps like a baby and has regular, healthy bowel movements every morning at 8 o’clock sharp — and the doctor exclaims that this is really good news concerning his health. “But,” the old man holds up a
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting: A new analysis looks at the impact of climate change over the last decade. Despite its size, West Virginia ranks high in disaster spending. According to FEMA data, West Virginia had the 6th highest per capita spending on climate disasters in the country over the last decade, totaling $870 million or
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Arch Daily: “Superstorm Sandy in 2012 was a wake-up call for NYC and made the city realize it needed to better prepare for climate change,” said Adrian Smith, FASLA, vice president at ASLA and team leader of Staten Island capital projects with NYC Parks. Due to storm surges from Sandy, “several people in Staten Island perished, and millions in property
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CNA: New York City authorities are building a living reef housing a billion oysters on the south shore of Staten Island. NEW YORK: A decade after Hurricane Sandy descended on the east coast of the US, pummelling New York City with the worst storm it faced in centuries, the state has turned to innovative solutions
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The Architect’s Newspaper: Happy Friday! It’s been another busy week in the news, so AN’s editors have rounded up a few assorted items that you may have missed. For those living in the Northeast, this weekend, as you’ve probably heard, marks the 10th anniversary of the date when hurricane-turned-superstorm Sandy pummeled the region with high winds
