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Managing mental health in the midst of disaster

by Peter Balonon-Rosen
Dec 15, 2017
A look at the cost of the impact of disasters on mental health — and the people who's job it is to help.
An inmate firefighter monitors flames as a house burns in the Napa wine region in California on October 9, 2017, as multiple wind-driven fires continue to whip through the region. 
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Economics of Disaster

"No place for you to live": 100 days after Harvey, these Texans still have no homes

by Andy Uhler
Dec 1, 2017
Rockport, Texas' mayor admits he doesn't have any place to put people who want to return home.
A hotel in Rockport, on the southeast Texas coast, is months, if not years, away from operation after Hurricane Harvey.
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In Rockport, Texas, residents review Black Friday priorities

by Andy Uhler
Nov 24, 2017
As many Americans try to make the most of retailers offering deals on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, the 10,000 or so residents of Rockport, Texas, are still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Many are still living in hotel rooms. Some have had to relocate to rental properties miles […]
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Weather Economy

Hurricanes Irma and Harvey are causing an insurance adjuster shortage

by Kai Ryssdal
Sep 14, 2017
Some adjusters can make $100,000 in a month because of increased demand.
Jose Orosz walks his dog Karen by a beachfront home destroyed by Hurricane Irma on September 13, 2017 in Vilano Beach, Florida. Nearly 4 million people remained without power more than two days after Irma swept through the state.
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Weather Economy

A hurricane like Irma could cause serious damage in Tampa Bay

by Kai Ryssdal and Emily Henderson
Sep 6, 2017
Darryl Fears discusses his piece for the Washington Post, "Tampa's Coming Storm."
Residents work together to fill sandbags for each other at Bobby Hicks Park as residents prepare for Hurricane Irma on Tuesday in Tampa, Florida. 
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Haiti’s complicated history with foreign aid

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 10, 2016
After Hurricane Matthew, how might aid be administered in Haiti?
UN blue helmets load aid which arrived in US helicopters onto a truck for people affected by Hurricane Matthew, in Jeremie, southwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 10, 2016. Haiti's death toll from monster Hurricane Matthew has risen to 372, civil defense officials said Monday, as the impoverished country continues to dig out of massive destruction in the south. More than 175,500 people were staying in temporary shelters, days after the Caribbean's worst storm in nearly a decade slammed into Haiti last Tuesday. 
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Hurricane power outages: Why is the grid so vulnerable?

by Scott Tong
Oct 7, 2016
More than a million customers have lost power in Hurricane Matthew's aftermath.
Lights were out today on Highway A1A in Cocoa Beach, Florida, from Hurricane Matthew's winds. 
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Health problems can make running from Hurricane Matthew more complicated

by Dan Gorenstein
Oct 6, 2016
A half million Americans who rely on oxygen tanks, cardiac devices and more live in the storm's path.
Local residents take shelter at the Pedro Menendez high school in St. Augustine, Florida, on October 6, 2016, ahead of hurricane Matthew.
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Haiti's infrastructure especially vulnerable as hurricane hits

by Gigi Douban
Oct 4, 2016
The country is still trying to recover from an earthquake in 2010.
A man walks down a flooded street, in a neighbourhood of the commune of Cite Soleil, in the Haitian Capital Port-au-Prince. Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti, triggering floods and forcing thousands to flee the path of a storm that has already claimed three lives in the poorest country in the Americas.
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Hurricane Hermine is already impacting Florida's economy

by Tony Wagner
Sep 1, 2016
Stores are struggling to keep supplies stocked, while restaurants feel the sting.
Murray Stokes , center, helps empty Shell Island Fish Camp of its stock ahead of the storm surge from tropical storm Hermine at the Shell Island Fish Camp on August 31, 2016 in Saint Marks, Florida. Saint Marks, south of Tallahassee, is under mandatory evacuations according to the Wakulla County Sheriff's Office.
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