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APRIL 19, 2024

A Congressional Research Service Report: FEMA Individual Assistance Programs: An Overview.

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APRIL 17, 2024

From the WashPost: Google will provide AI to the military for disaster response. [link] The National Guard will soon use the tech giant’s image-recognition AI to scan images of disaster zones and help prioritize its response. “Spokespeople for both the DIU and Google X said that the AI would only be used domestically within the Unite”d States and its territories, and for disaster response, not military action.

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APRIL 9, 2024

From CNN: Norfolk Southern reaches $600 million settlement to settle East Palestine derailment suit

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APRIL 7, 2024

From the WashPost: An ‘extremely active’ hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn. A key preseason hurricane forecast predicts nearly two dozen tropical storms, including 11 hurricanes, posing heightened threats to U.S.

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APRIL 1, 2024

From the Congressional Research Service: Emergency Relief Program for Disaster- Damaged Highways and Bridges (25 pp)

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MARCH 29, 2024

From HSNewswire: Proactively Planning for Community Relocation Before and After Climate Disasters. “Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018. As the frequency, intensity, and destructiveness of climate change-driven disasters increase, accompanied by an increase in recovery costs, more experts are calling for a managed retreat of entire communities from disaster-prone areas to s

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MARCH 18, 2024

Our intrepid reviewer, Mr. John Plodinec (PhD), has reviewed the new edition of this book. This ebook is available free of charge from the website of Island Press. Once again, Claire has asked me to review the latest in the Resilience Matters series – this one subtitled Flourishing in an Era of Extremes. The ebook , again edited by Laurie Mazur, consists of 51 short essays, most of which have appeared as opinion pieces in various periodicals.

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MARCH 17, 2024

From Gov.Exec.com: Lawmakers debate the role of an overworked and under-resourced FEMA. Despite some hiring success, FEMA is taking on more tasks while operating at 65% capacity.

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MARCH 16, 2024

From the National Academy of Sciences: The Action Collaborative on Disaster Research: Symposium on Disaster Data Science Thanks to Dr. Lois Cohen for this citation.

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MARCH 2, 2024

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

From Pets to Heroes: The Role of Animals in Disaster Response and Recovery. From pets to heroes: The role of animals in disaster response and recovery The Disaster Philanthropy Organization is hosting a webinar on Thursday, March 14, at 1 p.m. ET to explore the range of ways that animals and disasters intersect.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One Year Later, Pennsylvanians Living Near the East Palestine Train Derailment Site Say They’re Still Sick From Inside Climate News: One Year Later, Pennsylvanians Living Near the East Palestine Train Derailment Site Say They’re Still Sick – Inside Climate News

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

See this chapter: Catastrophe Is Not the End but the Beginning: Two Centuries of Evolution in US Disaster Law and Policy. from The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Law and Policy. S. Kuo, J. Marshall and R. Rowberry, eds. [link] Thanks to Donovan Finn for the citation.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From CNN: Nearly the entire population of California remains under flood alerts as people are urged to stay off the roads. Quite a remarkable phenomenon.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

New report from CNA: Impacts of Extreme Weather on Older Adults Summary on this site. Links are provided to the full report (190 pp). Thanks to Delilah Barton for this citation.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

From the GAO: Puerto Rico Disasters: Progress Made, but the Recovery Continues to Face Challenges. GAO-24-105557. The full report is 56 pages.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

From U.S. News: After Maui Fires, Human Health Risks Linger. Humans and wildlife in Hawaii face threats that will last beyond the immediate blazes.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

From the WashPost: Atmospheric river slams California, prompting widespread warnings “On Sunday afternoon and evening, 50 to 80 mph winds downed trees onto homes, cars and power lines in the Bay Area and Central Coasts; in the Sierra Nevada some gusts topped 100 mph. Over 900,000 customers in the state were without power around 7 p.m. Sunday local time and officials urged residents to only travel for essential reasons.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

From HSNW: Where Damaging Earthquakes Are Mo st Likely to Occur in U.S Scientists recently revealed the latest National Seismic Hazard Model, showing that nearly 75% of the United States could experience a damaging earthquake, emphasizing seismic hazards span a significant part of the country.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

[link] An excerpt: “AI is a valuable tool for DHS due to the incredible volume of data and information collected, stored, and shared on a daily basis. DHS can use AI to extract actionable insights from these troves of information. In turn, the DHS workforce is better equipped to make informed decisions quickly, so issues are resolved promptly.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

From the WashPost: ‘We can do better’: FEMA makes sweeping changes to speed up disaster aid. Hearing frustrations from victims, the federal agency is drastically reforming its individual assistance program for the first time in 20 years.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

FEMA is hosting a webinar series for the newly released Achieving Equitable Recovery: A Post-Disaster Guide for Local Officials and Leaders (“Equity Guide”). Webinars will be held: Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7 to 8 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday, Feb. 13, noon to 1 p.m., Eastern Time The goal of the Equity Guide is to help local officials and leaders incorporate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (“DEIA”) in their post-disaster recovery management

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JANUARY 10, 2024

From HSToday: PERSPECTIVE: The Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape in 2024 A look ahead at an important new field.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

From HSNewswire: Extreme Weather Cost $80 Billion in 2023. The True Price Is Far Higher.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Translated article from the South Korean newspaper The Segye Times , written by reporter Yeongjun Park from; published in Dec. 2023. “The nature and components of disasters vary widely, requiring training and ongoing education of key personnel.” Claire Rubin, a researcher who works as a disaster prevention consultant in the U.S., emphasized training and education as an iteration of responding to various disasters on Sept. 26 (local time).

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

New Congressional Research Service report: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

From the Guardian: Survivors of deadly Maui blaze face displacement after displacement: ‘I live a nomadic life’ An excerpt: “The deadliest US wildfire in more than a century – which incinerated the historic town of Lahaina, killed 100 people and destroyed 3% of Maui’s residential housing stock – pushed the island’s longstanding affordable housing crisis to a new inflection point.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: Artificial Intelligence in Natural Hazard Modeling Severe Storms, Hurricanes, Floods, and Wildfire. Note that the full report is 61 pp. The Diva considers this a must read for people in the emergency management field and expects that this subject will be an important one in 2024.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

From Axios: FEMA chief “very concerned” about disinformation from U.S. adversaries after disasters. “FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell told Axios… on Monday that she is “very concerned” about the ability of U.S. adversaries to spread disinformation and sow distrust in the wake of natural disasters in the U.S. Driving the news: She pointed to misinformation and disinformation spread by nation-state actors — namely, China and Russia — following this year’

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

From CU Boulder today: Putting research to work: FEMA administrator visits CU to strengthen academic partnerships. Nice tribute to one of the oldest disaster research centers. An excerpt: “Among the research topics that could support the agency’s resilience goals are work related to climate migration, risk communication and refining social vulnerability indices.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

FEMA has published Achieving Equitable Recovery: A Post-Disaster Guide for Local Officials and Leaders , a first of its kind framework to help rebuild communities in a more accessible, inclusive and equitable manner. (144 pp). November 2023. This document provides guidance for local leaders and officials to understand, prepare for and execute their leadership responsibilities to promote equity, create accountability, establish an inclusive recovery planning process and recover from disasters whi

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Planning Considerations for Cyber Incidents; Guidance for Emergency Managers. (57 pp).November 2023. The purpose of the document follows: Emergency management personnel play a central role in preparing for and responding to cyber incidents in their jurisdictions. Although emergency managers are not expected to be technical experts on cyber incidents, they do need to understand and prepare for the potential impacts of a cyber incident on their communities as well as on their emergency operations.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

From the WashPost: Emergency Response Breakdowns put Maui Police at Risk.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

From the HSDL: Ecological Threat Report 2023 The Institute for Economics & Peace‘s Ecological Threat Report (ETR) is a “comprehensive, data-driven analysis” that covers 99.9% of the global population, analyzing food insecurity, water risk, demographic pressures, and natural disasters for 221 countries and territories. This fourth edition, Ecological Threat Report 2023, is divided into five sections: 1) Results and Trends; 2) Ecological Threats; 3) Conflict, Climate and Ecological Threats; 4)

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

From GovTech.com: Long Beach, CA Mulls Emergency Declaration over Cyber Incident Thanks to Eric Holdeman for this citation.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

From The Hill: Puerto Rico raises alarms as FEMA ends power generation mission Puerto Rico raises alarms as FEMA ends power generation mission

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

From HSNews: Record Number of 25 Billion Dollar Disasters in 2023 So Far. NOAA confirmed another billion-dollar disaster in October, bringing the total to a record 25 disasters in the first 10 months — the largest number of disasters for any year since NOAA has kept track of these types of events. The Mississippi River’s water level dropped to historic lows along parts of the river.

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