The surprising reasons floods and other disasters are deadlier at night
It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias, and other factors can play a role in making disasters at night deadlier.
Tag: HURRICANES AND TORNADOS
Disaster 101: How to Prepare for a Natural Disaster
With a government that is incompetent as it guts funding and personnel for essential services, it’s necessary for us to prepare for natural disasters.
Trump Drops Deadly Decision, Satellite Termination Sparks Massive Panic
The Trump administration sparked panic when it announced an end to a DOD satellite program used to warn states of incoming hurricanes and tornados.
Volunteers help after St Louis tornado as they await federal aid.
Kevin Hines has been living in a house without a roof in the days since a tornado devastated his community. He has seen some of his neighbors sleeping in their cars. A different man has spent untold hours on a bench. In the aftermath of the May 16 tornado, Hines, 60, has a blue tarp covering his…
Prescient warnings about Helene didn’t reach people in harm’s way. 5 lessons for the next hurricane.
After four months of reporting, ProPublica found that the warnings about Hurricane Helene were eerily accurate. Yet, local residents remained largely unaware of the enormity of danger approaching as the storm closed in.
Trump wants to Shut down FEMA. Could states fill the gap?
Shuttering the disaster agency could leave poor and rural communities exposed.
Federal Investigators Were Preparing 2 Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
Trump Administration’s Climate Policies Jeopardize Research in Disaster-Prone Puerto Rico
As one of the regions most affected by the global climate crisis, local scientists are struggling with canceled research grants and funding cuts from federal agencies.
‘No rebuilding without them:’ Trump’s immigration crackdown will affect disaster recovery
Saket Soni, founder of Resilience Force, says skilled restoration workers, with a range of legal statuses, are doing the arduous task of repairing US cities affected by disasters.
FEMA Workers Forced to Abandon Relief Efforts in North Carolina After Threat of Violence
A man was arrested after threatening to harm FEMA workers in North Carolina. Workers were told to evacuate the area and several FEMA offices closed due to the threat.
Trump Sweats As His Favorite Network Fact-Checks Him Twice
Trump gets humiliated on live TV as Fox News’ Laura Ingraham fact-checks his pathetic lies about Kamala Harris’s hurricane response.
Helene and Milton Reveal an Emerging Challenge for First Responders: EV Batteries Catching Fire
When exposed to the salty water of a storm surge, they are at risk of bursting into flames — and taking an entire house with them.
Hurricane-Struck North Carolina Prisoners Were Locked in Cells With Their Own Feces for Nearly a Week
“We thought we were going to die there. We didn’t think anybody was going to come back for us.”
600 Missing in Southeast States After Hurricane Helene. FEMA Helping People on the Ground.
White House Homeland Security Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall said Monday during a press briefing there are 600 people unaccounted for following Hurricane Helene, as federal officials mount a response to the catastrophic storm in states across the Southeast.
Helene Drowns Trump’s 2025 Plans and Highlights GOP Hypocrisy
Hurricane Helene slammed into the Florida coast Thursday night as a powerful and potentially catastrophic Category 4 storm, unleashing chaos across a large stretch of the Gulf Coast with high winds, storm surges, and torrential rainfall.
The disaster effect
There is quite a bit of research on the politics of disasters and how extreme weather shapes voter behavior. We’ve cited some of it in this newsletter.
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