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Visionlink’s Volunteer Registry Deployed for Hurricanes Harvey & Irma

VisionLink

Thousands of volunteers have offered to assist in the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. Due to the ongoing uncertainty of Hurricane Irma, other states will be added as necessary. Virgin Islands: [link] For Texas: [link] Volunteer Florida will also be live on the system in the near future.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

Flooding from extreme storms like hurricanes will also become more frequent. For many low-lying island nations , the challenge of higher seas and more intense tropical storms will be existential. Roughly speaking, the vast majority of global coastlines are going to experience a present-day 100-year event every year , Jackson says.

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