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Serious Trouble With the National Flood Ins. Program

Recovery Diva

“The upshot is that FEMA flood hazard maps that determine coverage today rely on outdated information so inaccurate that more than 40 percent of NFIP claims made from 2017 to 2019 were for properties outside official flood hazard zones or in areas the agency had not mapped at all.”

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Cities, Cultural Heritage and the Culture of Responding to Floods

Emergency Planning

In 2021 a colleague who studies natural hazards wrote to me that "our institute is all but destroyed and colleagues have lost their homes". Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. First of all, we need a change in culture towards something more inclusive and more serious.

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The Emergency Management Institute at 70

Recovery Diva

The story of these institutions’ development can inform current strategy about EMI’s future. Emergency managers have been asked to respond to a growing number of hazards and disasters, including nontraditional missions, such as managing pandemic response and addressing homelessness.

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Alaska Emergency Management

Disaster Zone Podcast

Alaska is a huge state with many different hazards and challenges. As Director, he provides executive leadership of the Division, ensuring it leads the way in homeland security and emergency management to foster a prepared, resilient Alaska capable of meeting the needs of its communities and citizens in response to all-hazards events.

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Conversation with a Documentary Film Maker about Volcanic Risks

Disaster Zone Podcast

As individuals we are the sum total of all our experiences. On the way he has translated science into videos that inform and educate generations of people. On the way he has translated science into videos that inform and educate generations of people. So it is with Michael Lienau. A close encounter with Mt.

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Disaster Zone Podcast

As individuals we are the sum total of all our experiences. On the way he has translated science into videos that inform and educate generations of people. On the way he has translated science into videos that inform and educate generations of people. So it is with Michael Lienau. A close encounter with Mt.

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Emergency Management on the Southwest Border

Disaster Zone Podcast

Jorge also highlights his belief that emergency management is moving to a stage of our profession where we need to be transitioning from an “all-hazards” approach to one that is “all-crisis.” The podcast discusses their challenge of emergency management’s role in dealing with the influx of migrants.