Tag: Disaster Research Response

Hurricane Milton: Back-to-back storms multiply concerns over flooding, health, evacuations, pets and access to infant food

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Now a Category 5 hurricane, Milton is making a beeline toward Tampa Bay and other parts of Florida’s western coast. But it will also hit some of the same areas that Hurricane Helene decimated less than two weeks ago, amplifying…

Disaster researchers discuss response to atmospheric rivers slamming Southern California

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Epic storms continue to batter Southern California with flooding, mudslides and hurricane-force winds. Tricia Wachtendorf, director of the University of Delaware’s Disaster Research Center and sociology professor, can comment on the challenges people face when confronting quick-onset inland flooding and preparing for storms of increasing severity…