The floods ravaging Victoria have destroyed hundreds of homes and left at least one person dead. Some rivers are not expected to peak until Monday and more wet weather may leave towns battling floodwaters again in the coming ...
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Oct 17, 2022
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Friendswood, Texas, is the type of community that one might think of as a "best case scenario" when it comes to recovering from a disaster.
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Oct 4, 2022
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Storms exacerbate inequalities. Increasingly frequent hurricanes and intense precipitation events hit hardest in communities with less ability to afford flood insurance, a higher percentage of homes near industrial plants, ...
Economics & Business
Sep 20, 2022
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The chances your household will completely recover from a natural disaster could depend almost entirely on how financially and socially vulnerable you were before the crisis hit, according to a survey released today by the ...
Economics & Business
Jul 26, 2022
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Fifteen million homes in the United States are at risk of flooding, according to the nonprofit First Street. And homes on the coasts aren't the only properties at risk.
Economics & Business
Jul 16, 2021
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In flood-prone areas of the Hudson River valley in New York state, census areas with more white and affluent home owners tend to file a higher percentage of flood insurance claims than lower-income, minority residents, raising ...
Environment
Aug 12, 2020
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Canadian homeowners do not have the information they need to know if they should buy flood insurance leaving them exposed to significant financial risk.
Environment
Feb 28, 2019
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One year ago, on August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey struck Texas – the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005. Harvey dumped record-breaking rain and flooded hundreds of thousands ...
Environment
Aug 23, 2018
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Along Florida's sun-splashed shorelines, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are "not in a flood zone," meaning no flood insurance ...
Environment
Jun 18, 2018
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Along sun-splashed shorelines in the US state of Florida, home prices are on the rise, developers are busy building new complexes, and listings just blocks from the beach describe homes that are "not in a flood zone," meaning ...
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