08/07/2024New York is barricading itself against floodsCrains New York Business: New Yorkers jogging along the East River bike path below 23rd Street are finding something new — a 10-foot concret…
08/05/2024New Map Shows Extent of US Climate DisastersClimate 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 Ac…
08/02/2024Mapping Tool Shows Climate Change Effects Are NationwideGovernment Technology: A new tool from Rebuild by Design shows climate change is an equal opportunity hazard. But spending money ahead of ti…
07/31/2024In the US, Disasters Strike All Over the CountryVoa Learning English: When it comes to disasters in the United States, most people think of major storms and earthquakes that hit coastal ar…
07/30/2024Billion-dollar weather disasters growing in frequencyTulsa World: Separate data reported by the Rebuild by Design project of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University support a …
07/30/2024Arnie Arnesen Attitude July 30 2024Attitude with Arnie Arnesen Podcast: We talk with Amy Chester, Managing Director of Rebuild by Design. The organization has used data colle…
07/26/2024Special select board session will focus on flood mitigation brainstormingWaterbury Roundabout: Rebuild by Design, an outreach effort within the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, last week announced the creati…
07/25/2024Expert predicts next Hurricane Sandy will ‘cause greater inundation and flooding’ to Staten IslandSI Advance: Hurricane Sandy devastated Staten Island in 2012, destroying homes, impacting livelihoods and claiming lives.…
07/24/2024Data shows hurricanes and earthquakes grab headlines but inland counties top disaster listAP: Floyd County keeps flooding and the federal government keeps coming to the rescue. In July 2022, at least 40 people died and 300 homes w…
07/24/2024New data set shows the nationwide impacts of US climate disastersABC: While California led the nation with 34 disaster declarations, some 36 states had 10 or more, indicating the pain of climate change is …
07/24/2024Inland counties more likely to be hit by natural disasters, research showsWCNC: When folks think about natural disasters, their mind immediately goes to the coast, but experts say otherwise. New data shows inland c…
07/24/2024Several Kentucky counties ranked in highest number of declared natural disasters from 2011-2023Fox 56: Kentuckians are no strangers to severe weather. Tornadoes, windstorms, mudslides, landslides, and even flooding are all events that …
07/23/2024Our View: Disaster data shows need for policy shiftLeader Telegram: A new online tool shows just how fortunate Eau Claire County has been over the past couple decades. Created by Rebuild by D…
07/23/2024Kentucky counties rank among most plagued by federally declared disasters since 2011WKMS: Newly published research shows Kentucky has some of the most disaster-plagued counties in America.…
07/23/2024California top ranked with most natural disasterKVCR: NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge developed an Atlas of Disaster and Accountability that shows the disaster count and FEMA funds is…