NaturalDisasters

Republican hypocrisy on disaster relief is a guide for how we should hear anything they say

The tornado that tore through Kentucky, leaving 64 dead and more than 100 missing, is a disaster that will require significant emergency aid. Federal emergency assistance is already on the way, but …

Mon Dec 13, 2021

Hurricanes are natural disasters, but people made Ida much worse than it had to be

More than a million homes and businesses—including all of New Orleans—remain without power in the wake of Hurricane Ida, and in some areas it’s expected to take up to three weeks for power to be …

Tue Aug 31, 2021

'This is going to be a really long recovery,' FEMA head says as Hurricane Ida moves out of Louisiana

Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical storm early Monday as it moved to Mississippi, but not before battering Louisiana—it is tied for the fifth-strongest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S.—leaving at …

Mon Aug 30, 2021