Tag: Natural disasters
Preparing Mid-Atlantic States for Billion-Dollar Disasters: Funding Concerns
In 2024, Pennsylvania faced a staggering number of billion-dollar weather disasters, totaling 12. This record-breaking year outpaced the state's weather challenges throughout the entire 1980s, even when adjusted for inflation. Last week, a symposium...
Warning for Los Angeles: Learning from Maui’s Post-Wildfire Housing Crisis
As flames ravaged through Pacific Palisades and Altadena, it wasn't the destruction that struck fear into Jordan Hocker, but the looming specter of rent-gouging that followed. Having lived through Maui's housing crisis post-wildfires, Hocker...
Understanding the Impact of Dysregulation on LA Fire Victims: Challenges in Focus and Decision-Making
Cate Parker, a seasoned psychotherapist based in Pasadena, California, found herself in the midst of chaos recently. Just as she was settling back into her routine post-holiday season, she and many of her clients...
Uncovering the Mystery of Wildfire Ignition Triggers
Uncovering the Mystery of Wildfire Ignition Triggers Amid what could be among the most devastating wildfire events in American history, the causes of the blazes that ravaged Los Angeles last week remain shrouded in uncertainty....
Los Angeles Wildfires Cause $200B in Losses, Potentially Costliest U.S. Wildfire Event – EcoWatch
Los Angeles Wildfires: A $200 Billion Catastrophe As the flames continue to ravage the greater Los Angeles area, the economic toll of the wildfires has reached an unprecedented $200 billion, making this disaster potentially the...
Altadena Faces Potential Fire Insurance Crisis: What’s at Stake?
Altadena Faces Potential Fire Insurance Crisis: What's at Stake? Randy and Miki Quinton clung to each other's hands as they ascended the hill into what was left of their Altadena neighborhood, a quaint Los Angeles...
Rising Frequency of ‘Weather Whiplash’ Behind Los Angeles Fires
**Rising Frequency of 'Weather Whiplash' Behind Los Angeles Fires** **Los Angeles, CA** - The devastating wildfires currently ravaging Los Angeles County are not just a stroke of bad luck. Behind the fiery chaos lies a...
California Insurance System Overhaul and Los Angeles Fire: What Happened?
California Insurance System Overhaul and Los Angeles Fire: A Story of Resilience and Risk Amidst the devastating aftermath of a ferocious Santa Ana windstorm that swept through Southern California, leaving chaos and destruction in its...
Deadly Climate Disasters of 2024: $229 Billion in Damages and 2,000 Lives Lost
The most financially costly climate disasters around the world in 2024 produced $229 billion in damages and killed 2,000 people, according to Counting the Cost 2024: A year of climate breakdown, the most recent...
France Accused of Neglecting Climate Threat to Fragile Mayotte
France Accused of Neglecting Climate Threat to Fragile Mayotte In the wake of Cyclone Chido wreaking havoc on the French overseas department of Mayotte, residents and experts are pointing fingers at the French government, claiming...
