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Senators from Alaska and Washington introduced a bill to establish a National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System to enhance the country’s volcano monitoring. Although the US Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program could deploy temporary instruments, that reactive system could miss significant signs that permanent installations would catch thanks to a new system.
The first instinct of urban leaders is often to harden their cities through engineering and infrastructure. But just as the temperature of a heat wave or the height of a storm surge, it is the strength of a neighborhood that determines who lives and dies in a disaster. Building against climate change can either support vibrant neighborhood conditions or undermine them.
The recent floods near Baton Rouge, Louisiana have been called the worst natural disaster in the United States since Hurricane Sandy. With similar climate events happening much more frequently, and tides rising quickly, countries around the world are struggling to create new flood barriers and strategies. Here are some essential plans, in areas susceptible to flooding.
FEMA is starting to change its methods from infrequent updates to predictive flood maps using computer model projections. Funds will also go towards rebuilding cities and houses following stricter code. As climate change risks climb and insurance costs rise to reflect reality, the shoreline of Louisiana will change too: fewer buildings on the coast, and more houses on stilts.
'This is a reminder that big earthquakes can happen on the East Coast and in the central U.S. It might be today, or tomorrow, or 100 years from now. But they will happen, so it makes sense to prepare.'...