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26 August 2020
Ventakraipur, Odisha, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
Two decades after a massive cyclone killed close to 10,000 people in India's Odisha state, the government's efforts to protect coastal villages vulnerable to cyclones and tsunamis has produced a host of safety measure...
27 May 2020
North Carolina, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Mobilized to help North Carolina’s second-poorest county recover from two major hurricanes over the past four years, the Robeson County Disaster Recovery Coalition pivoted to provide COVID-19 relief and brace for the ...
20 January 2020
Puerto Rico, United States
Video
3-5 Minutes
La Maraña, a nonprofit in Puerto Rico, created a model for how communities could recover from disasters like the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017. By including community voices in the design and planning ...
27 August 2019
Decatur, Alabama, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Rather than wait for disaster to strike, a network of churches across the Southern United States brings volunteers together to pack buckets with the essentials to prepare for families whose homes have been damaged by ...
Carolina Public Press
John Sharpe
26 July 2019
North Carolina, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Coastal cities across South and North Carolina are considering the benefits of underground power lines. With hurricane winds doing major damage to above-ground lines, buried lines often go unharmed, leaving residents ...
21 July 2019
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
Designing room for rivers and coastlines can mitigate catastrophe. Following a massive flood in 1953, the Dutch government reallocated its resources toward disaster prevention and mitigation. Through measures like bui...
11 June 2019
New York, New York, United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
Resilient infrastructure is one way to prepare cities for the unpredictable effects of climate change. In Staten Island, which was devastated by Hurricane Sandy, officials have secured millions in funding to build a s...
3 June 2019
Ganjam, Odisha, India
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
A group of women in the state of Odisha, India works as the district's disaster responders in an area that has seen a record number of monsoons and other tropical storms. The women, many of whom live in the region's m...
23 April 2019
De Soto, Missouri, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Connecting residents affected by flooding to networks of expertise turns victims into activists. In De Soto, Missouri, the Citizen’s Committee for Flood Relief found support from Higher Ground, a nonprofit organizatio...
21 March 2019
Gundalba, Odisha, India
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Biodiversity and forest cover in Gundalba rebounded after a women-led group started using whistles and rotational patrols to scare away timber smugglers and woodcutters. The group also helped neighboring villages coor...
1 November 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Hunters Point South Park, a newly built park in Queens, NY, is functioning as a community space even before the addition of low- and middle- income housing slated for the area. But even more than that, the park has al...
24 October 2018
Queens, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
In Queens, New York an industrial site along the East River has been transformed into an 11-acre park that offers quiet greenspace and recreation opportunities, but is also designed to withstand storms and tidal surge...
22 October 2018
Houston, Texas, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The city of Houston is changing its approach to measuring the full scope of damage from Hurricane Harvey so it can get help where it is most needed and improve future flood mitigation. Using data from numerous sources...
17 October 2018
Blountstown, Florida, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Small, cost-effective improvements to home construction were often the difference between houses that suffered small amounts of damage from Florida hurricanes and those that were destroyed. Knowing to ask for extra na...
24 September 2018
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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800-1500 Words
To better position services during and after natural disasters, many nonprofits are turning towards mapping technology. Specifically, Facebook’s Disaster Maps share usage data to indicate movement, such as where peopl...
20 September 2018
Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico, United States
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1500-3000 Words
FEMA’s response to Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Irma has been the “longest sustained domestic airborne food and water mission in the nation’s history. The agency has never distributed more food or installed more generat...
5 September 2018
Florida, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A community land trust is helping people in the Keys find another home, after Hurricane Irma ravished the area. “Four cottages are expected to wrap construction this fall, with another five finished by early 2019.” Th...
27 August 2018
Florida, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Affordable housing for Florida Keys residents is often vulnerable to damage or destruction by extreme weather. The Monroe County Land Trust has created housing that is both affordable for county residents and built to...
Devex
Kelli Rogers
2 August 2018
Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Text
1500-3000 Words
Bangladesh has become a leader in disaster preparedness through its strategy of training thousands of community members to give early warnings on cyclones and other disasters. This approach has saved thousands of live...
7 June 2018
Puerto Rico
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
In Puerto Rico, a group of older women came together to cook meals inside a community kitchen. So far, it’s fed hundreds of people in Puerto Rico, and has brought the women together. ““This is like a therapy for us.”
28 February 2018
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Video
Over 15 Minutes
In the wake of Hurricane Maria, artists are putting on performances of all kinds in traditional and non-traditional spaces. These performances provide entertainment; express pain, loss, and anger; satirize and critiqu...
27 February 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When the same winter storm hit two airports only 200 miles apart from one another, the locations had very different reactions that resulted in functionality for one, and complete shutdown for the other. What can Kenne...
The Boston Globe
Matt Rocheleau
30 January 2018
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Although alcohol and driving don't typically go hand-in-hand, researchers found one way to successfully and safely combine the two. By taking the by-products of the distilling process and combining them with the typic...
17 January 2018
Cuba
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Following a devastating hurricane in the early 1960s, Cuba created a model disaster preparedness infrastructure that includes excellent forecasting, education in schools and promoting a culture of nationwide training ...
16 January 2018
Cuba
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Cuba has one of the world’s lowest storm fatality rates in part because citizens learn how to prepare and respond to hurricanes beginning in elementary school. Children know where to go in an evacuation, neighbors ope...
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