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Lessons from the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season: What philanthropy can do better

Candid

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season saw 18 tropical events , including 11 hurricanes. Hurricane Milton: Implications of repeated storms Milton was the third storm to hit Florida in three months and the second to hit in two weeks. How much relief funding has been invested in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?

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How To Help After Hurricane Helene

Bloomerang

With catastrophic flooding and winds of up to 140 mph, Hurricane Helene has had a devastating impact on Florida’s Big Bend area and much of the Southeastern U.S. While we’re still waiting to understand the full effect of Hurricane Helene, there are plenty of ways to lend a hand to those in need right now. You can donate here.

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Geo-Tagged Map Shows Impact of Hurricane Joaquin in Real Time

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Map illustrates damage reports as hurricane hits North Carolina. 5, 2015— VisionLink , a community inspired software and consulting company, has developed a free, shareable, real-time, geo-tagged map depicting actual damage reports produced by Hurricane Joaquin. BOULDER, Colo. —

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Tiny homes: A big solution for disaster recovery

Fast Company Tech

Hes had a front-row view of the need and the power of public/private partnerships to accomplish projects such as the Rio Mesa master-planned community of 15,000 on the north side of Fresno, California, as well as Tesoro Vieja, a 400-acre planned lake community in the states Central Valley. billion in aid , including $931.7

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How to build resilient water systems in communities battling climate change

Fast Company Tech

In September, more than 100,000 residents in western North Carolina were under boil-water notices for nearly two months after Hurricane Helene destroyed much of a local water system. Climate impacts and the Trump administration Weather extremes made worse by climate change have disrupted peoples access to water.

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In Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas, residents look to rebuild on higher ground

Fast Company Tech

An even greater scale of destruction hit eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina in September 2024, when Hurricane Helenes rainfall and flooding decimated towns and washed out parts of major highways. This reality was rarely acknowledged by local and state governments. They had no lease, no equity and no insurance.

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This L.A. photographer is still capturing the ongoing devastation from January’s fires

Fast Company Tech

As a staff photographer at Getty Images for more than 20 years, Tama has borne witness to hurricanes, fires, droughts, and other disasters year after year. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images] Last year, Tama was on the ground in North Carolina covering Hurricane Helene. And Tama was there to capture them. But the L.A.