disaster recovery

Community members grieve the lives lost to flooding in Texas' Hill Country at a vigil.

Brandon Bell/Getty Images

August 4, 2025

Despite Clear Preferences from Texas Hill Flood Survivors, Uncertainty Looms

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

A handmade sign hangs on a pole in a residential neighborhood, reading FEMA PLEASE HELP US

Allison Joyce/Getty Images

May 1, 2025

Trump’s 6 Worst Attacks on FEMA in the First 100 Days

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

City street-Brooklyn rowhouse with apartment for rent sign.

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

April 29, 2025

President Trump’s 100 Days of Federal Housing Policy Chaos

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

FEMA

April 1, 2025

7 Takeaways from Trump’s Disaster Preparedness Executive Order and What It Means for US

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Malik Cil/Pexels

March 25, 2025

My City Got Disaster Recovery Money, Now What?

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

An aerial view of people driving and wading on a flooded residential neighborhood street after heavy rain in December 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

February 25, 2025

FEMA and HUD Firings: the Newest Tactic to Politicize Disaster Aid

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

Apu Gomes/Getty Images

January 29, 2025

As Extreme Weather Intensifies, FEMA Needs Competent Leadership and Funding

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Joe Raedle/Getty Images

January 29, 2025

Recovery to Resilience: Making the Most of Long-Awaited Disaster Funds

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

Mario Tama/Getty Images

January 27, 2025

The Perils of Ignoring Racial Equity in Disaster Relief and Recovery Are Costly

Melissa L. Finucane
Former Staff

A person wearing an American flag hoodie surveys a flooded apartment complex and submerged parking lot in Clearwater, FL, after Hurricane Milton in 2024.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

October 31, 2024

When Danger Season Collides with the Affordable Housing Shortage

Zoe Middleton
Associate Director of Just Climate Resilience

A red pickup truck idles on a road in rural Nebraska with its passenger side door open. Nearby, the massive black funnel cloud of a tornado touches down.

Brent Koops/NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015

July 30, 2024

Three Takeaways from Twisters: Hillbillies, Science, and Solutions

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

Two US Navy members work to remove a stranded, hurricane-damaged car from wreckage around it, after a big storm.

Official U.S. Navy Page/Flickr

September 26, 2023

No Time for Delay: Congress Must Keep Disaster Funding Flowing

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Students in a lecture hall raising their hands

Edwin Andrade/Unsplash

October 20, 2022

Academic Institutions Have a Strong Role to Play in Disaster Response

UCS Science Network

FEMA

December 3, 2020

On Day One, President-Elect Biden Can Better Prepare Communities for the Next Disaster

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

Photo: Sgt. Jose Ahiram Diaz-Ramos/USDA (Flickr)

October 11, 2017

The EPA’s Crucial and Unsung Role in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor