Ida’s Inland Path May Reveal Hidden Risk, Test Mapping Methods of Hurricane Floods September 2, 2021 By Brian K. Sullivan and Leslie Kaufman With remnants of Ida delivering downpours and fierce winds from North Carolina to New Jersey, U.S. government methods for assessing...
Why Snow, Hail and Wildfire Are Expensive for Insurance Industry August 17, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman If you’re having trouble wrapping your mind around the spree of natural catastrophes currently plaguing the world—from deadly July floods...
FEMA Knows About Trying to Build Back Better Infrastructure March 29, 2021 By Leslie Kaufman Lawmakers in Washington are gearing up for the Biden administration’s first major legislative challenge: a set of measures on long-term...
Tracking Tool Spotlights Repetitive Flood Loss Homes Receiving U.S. Taxpayer Funds September 15, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman Passaic County in New Jersey is not in the hurricane belt nor is it on the banks of a major...
Plastic Pollution in Oceans Expected to Triple by 2040 July 24, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman The annual flow of plastics into our oceans is on a trajectory to triple over the next 20 years, which...
Government-Produced Flood Maps May Have Underestimated Properties at Risk June 29, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman First Street Foundation, a nonprofit agency, is making accurate climate change-adjusted flood scores available for every property in the U.S....
How to Manage Two Disasters at Same Time May 7, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman On March 5, Tennessee governor Bill Lee announced the state’s first confirmed case of Covid-19. Three weeks later on Easter...
FEMA Tackles COVID-19 While Also Facing Past Disasters, Spring Flood Season March 23, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman and Brian K. Sullivan It wasn’t until Wednesday, five days after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
How Draining the Reservoir Can Help Mitigate Flooding February 27, 2020 By Leslie Kaufman Persistent rains have been pounding the Southeast, and a week ago, the Pearl River in Jackson, Mississippi, spilled over its...