We’ve learned a lot,” said State Rep. Jerome “Zee” Zeringue, R-Houma, who chairs a House panel on disaster recovery. “We ...

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may have ended without any landfalling hurricanes, but 23 weather- and climate-related disasters topped one billion dollars ...

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Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images Jamaica was still ...

The funding is intended to support the state’s recovery from damage incurred during Hurricane Helene and to help prevent ...

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A climate-resilient hurricane shelter, able to withstand category five-level disasters and flagged as a global best practice, ...

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This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Farah Nibbs is an assistant professor of Emergency and ...