Natural Disaster Facts And Statistics

From severe storms to tornadoes, natural disaster statistics reveal that disasters are occurring more frequently and with greater intensity. Over the past five years, the U.S. has experienced an ...
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Opinion - America’s disaster costs are soaring —taxpayers can’t keep paying

Federal disaster spending has become one of Washington’s fastest-growing budget obligations. The next decade will test America’s ability to withstand stronger storms, rising temperatures and more ...
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In America, surviving a disaster increasingly depends on what you can afford

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every year at the Oscars, attendees leave with gift bags so elaborate they have to be ...
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America's worst nightmare: preparing for an EMP disaster

The investigative minds at How to Survive examine EMP disaster prep in America and strategies to survive infrastructure ...
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Storms, solidarity and selective aid: The U.S., Jamaica and the ‘s- -thole’ bias

Residents stand on the wreckage of a house destroyed by Hurricane Melissa in Santa Cruz, Jamaica. In this piece, Edmond W. Davis argues that America’s disaster aid and immigration responses reveal a ...