hurricane preparedness
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Twelve Years After Sandy, Have We Gotten Better at Preparing for Disaster?
Jeffrey Schlegelmilch, the director of Columbia’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness, reflects on applying lessons from Hurricane Sandy to more recent disasters.
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Hurricane Ian’s Aftermath: A Rising Death Toll and Questions About Preparedness
A disaster preparedness expert weighs in on the many factors that can complicate decisions around evacuations and preparedness.
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How to Prepare for a Hyperactive Hurricane Season
What an “above average” hurricane forecast means, and how individuals and communities can be ready to ride out the possible storms to come.
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Why People Often Don’t Properly Prepare for Hurricanes
A new study looks at the mental biases that prevent people from taking adequate safety measures when a hurricane is on the way.
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Eye on the Storm
Atmospheric scientist Adam Sobel is author of the new book “Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future.” Sobel was one of the first researchers to explain to media and the public what might be brewing, before the storm hit. In the aftermath, he looked closely at the…
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NY State Prepares for Natural Disasters: A Q&A with Cynthia Rosenzweig
Cynthia Rosenzweig of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies talks about the work of the New York State Ready Commission, set up after Hurricane Sandy to study how the state can better prepare for natural disasters.
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Sandy’s Surge Affected More Than 1.4 Million in 11 States
Based on a model used by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the map shows coastal areas likely to have been inundated by the storm surge resulting from Hurricane Sandy, in relationship to residential population.
