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Tornadoes and COVID-19: First Responders Manage Multiple Disasters
After a natural disaster, the American Red Cross is one of the first on the scene. The pandemic has the organization adopting new safety protocols.
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The annual National Hurricane conference begins today in New Orleans.
HEADLINE: FEMA vows better hurricane response
CAPTION: The director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency presided over a hurricane conference in New Orleans Wednesday, vowing that Hurricane Katrina has prompted improvements for a...
Bloomberg
NOAA Ups Atlantic Hurricane Forecast: Are We Prepared?
Aug. 11 -- David Streit, Commodity Weather Group forecaster, discusses the NOAA's Atlantic hurricane forecast with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Shery Ahn on "Bloomberg Markets."
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Dutch PM Rutte: Irma of "epic proportions"
The Dutch prime minister on Thursday said Hurricane Irma was a storm of "epic proportions", which caused "huge damage" on the former colony of Sint Maarten in the Caribbean.
Speaking after an emergency meeting of the Dutch...
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Some Florida Transplants Are Preparing For Their First Hurricane
A FEMA administrator warned a number of Floridians with no hurricane experience to take the storm very seriously and to ask neighbors for help.
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2019's Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" is 8th largest
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Hospitals Open Source the War on Covid-19
May.15 -- As the coronavirus hit, staff at the Texas Children’s Hospital raced to invent a new device that would better protect doctors, nurses and patients during intubation procedures. The hospital then open-sourced their novel product...
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Obama Urges Preparedness for Hurricane Season
President Barack Obama is urging the public to prepare for the coming hurricane season and warning against what he says is a growing "complacency" when it comes to dangerous weather.Obama says people should have evacuation plans and...
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Obama: Hurricane Matthew Still Dangerous
President Barack Obama, meeting in the Oval Office with FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, said Matthew was "still a really dangerous hurricane."He said he was concerned about storm surge and that as the hurricane moves north, areas like...
Bloomberg
ANGI Homeservices CEO on Hurricanes, U.S. Housing Market
Sep.14 -- Chris Terrill, chief executive officer at ANGI Homeservices, explains the process behind providing services to homeowners in the wake of hurricanes and natural disasters and discusses the overall U.S. housing market and...
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FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said in an interview with the Associated Press Wednesday that regardless of where you live on the east coast, you should have a plan in place for Hurricane Irene.
HEADLINE: Fugate stresses preparedness ahead of Irene
CAPTION: FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said in an interview with the Associated Press Wednesday that regardless of where you live on the east coast, you should have a plan in place...
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USA: HURRICANE FELIX: AFTERMATH
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American residents and holiday makers are returning to the east coast safe in the knowledge that as hurricane Felix is drifting harmlessly out in the Atlantic.
The hurricane couldn't have come at a worst time - the massive...
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One month on, areas hit by Superstorm Sandy remain uninhabitable
Seaside Heights, New Jersey
1. Wide of sand and debris by shops at Seaside Heights
2. Wide of boardwalk at Seaside Heights
3. Wide of destroyed roller coaster
4. Close of destroyed roller coaster
5. Mid of broken boardwalk
6. Wide of...
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FEMA: Unclear When Residents Will Have Clean Water In Jackson, MS
Jackson, Mississippi, has been under a boil water notice since July after tests showed water quality was cloudy, triggering health concerns.
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2022 Hurricane Season Characterized By Slow Start Until Ian Hit
The 2022 hurricane season got off to a slow start, until Hurricane Ian pummeled Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S.
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The AP's Rich Matthews reports from New Orleans as the city observes the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
HEADLINE: Katrina marked by silence, speeches
CAPTION: Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the storm's passing is marked by remembrances and vows that better days are head. (Aug. 29) 2007
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Bloomberg
Hurricane-Weary Region Braces for Approaching Storm Nate
Oct.06 -- Tropical Storm Nate, on track to strike near New Orleans overnight Saturday, may cause close to $1 billion in damage across Central America and the U.S., following the most powerful month of hurricanes on record. Bloomberg's...
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What to Expect When Tropical Storm Nate Makes Landfall
Oct.06 -- Bloomberg New Energy Finance's Shunondo Basu reports on what kind of damage Tropical Storm Nate may cause when it makes landfall. He speaks on "What'd You Miss?"
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The Consumer Federation of America issued a new study Monday alleging that the property/casualty insurance industry has enjoyed record profits in the last few years by overcharging for insurance and shifting costs to consumers and taxpayers.
HEADLINE: Group alleges overpricing by insurance industry
CAPTION: The Consumer Federation of America issued a new study Monday alleging that the property/casualty insurance industry has enjoyed record profits in the last few years by...
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An analysis by the Associated Press shows that the government agency paid money to households that did not exist before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But FEMA says there's an explanation for the overpayment.
HEADLINE: FEMA over pays billions in hurricane claims
CAPTION: An analysis by the Associated Press shows that the government agency paid money to households that did not exist before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. But FEMA says...
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FEMA: Hurricanes, Wildfire Costs Unprecedented
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The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency Brock Long told a Senate oversight committee Tuesday the challenge presented by hurricanes Irma, Harvey and...
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Krueger Says U.S. Jobs Data Will Be a Weather Report
Oct.06 -- Alan Krueger, Princeton University professor of economics, and Krishna Memani, OppenheimerFunds chief investment officer, discuss the coming U.S. economic data and impact from extraordinary storms. They speak with Bloomberg's...
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Georgia Coastal Residents Instructed to Evacuate
The director of the Chatham County (Ga.) Emergency Management Agency and the mayor of Savannah, Ga. are urging area residents to heed the governor's evacuation order and move inland to avoid the wrath of Hurricane Irma.
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Lloyd's CEO on Hurricane Season, New Risks, Growth
Dec.01 -- Inga Beale, chief executive officer at Lloyd's, discusses the record-breaking U.S. hurricane season, the changing face of the insurance industry, new risks in the sector, insuring against cyberattacks and growth in the U.S. She...