Disaster responders say ending FEMA would move tasks and costs to states, local governments
President Donald Trump’s call to possibly eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has Nebraska officials waiting ...
History's biggest weather forecasting blunders
From Michael Fish dismissing hurricane rumours the night before The Great Storm of 1987 to blizzards that never arrived and ...
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‘Family first’: Gisborne helicopter leader’s next chapter
When he first came to Gisborne, the service was made up of just him, base manager/air crew officer Doug Buchanan, pilots on ...
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WFP: Anticipatory action mitigated disaster impact in 2024, but funding gaps persist
According to the WFP press release, anticipatory action—measures taken before disasters strike—was increasingly integrated into Bangladesh's disaster management framework in 2024. The Standing Orders ...
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How natural disasters affect economic development: This IIT-B index will show states
The study cites the World Risk Index 2023, which ranks India third among 193 countries in terms of disaster risk ...
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IIT-B launches index to gauge how disasters shape economic development
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) have developed a Disaster Intensity Index (DII) to assess ...
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Beshear says dismantling FEMA would be ‘disastrous’ though improvements need to continue
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said that dismantling the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be “disastrous in and of itself” following Republican President Donald Trump floating t ...