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Research briefs

New research makes waves tackling the future of tsunami monitoring and modeling

The coastal zone is home to over a billion people. Rising sea levels are already impacting coastal residents and aggravating existing coastal hazards, such as flooding during high tides and storm surges.
Virginia Tech
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Educational materials
2021

Hurricane watch

This is a comic for youth and adults to raise awareness on the importance of leaving no one behind in times of COVID-19 during hurricane season. This comic has been designed for the Caribbean, but can be used in other parts of the world.
French Red Cross
Research briefs

Hurricane damage harms the most vulnerable, reveals inequality and social divides

Social and economic issues from before Hurricane Maria’s landfall were among the top predictors of damage and can be addressed to limit the extent of future disasters.
Conversation Media Group, the
Updates

UNICEF and CDEMA partner to protect Caribbean children in disasters and emergencies

UNICEF's Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office and CDEMA signed a MoU to co-operate on the development of more resilient communities.
United Nations Children's Fund - The Americas and Caribbean Regional Office
Documents and publications
2020

Changements côtiers et inondations suite au passage d’un ouragan extrême (Irma, 2017) aux Petites Antilles

Cette étude porte sur les changements côtiers et les inondations suite au passage d’un ouragan de catégorie 5 (Irma) les 5 et 6 septembre 2017 sur les îles de Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélemy aux Antilles. Selon l'étude, les systèmes côtiers ont répondu

EchoGéo
Documents and publications
2019

USA: Emergency management: FEMA has made progress, but challenges and future risks highlight imperative for further improvements

This report was presented as a statement before the Committee on Homeland Security. It discusses, among other things, FEMA’s progress and challenges related to disaster resilience, response, recovery, and workforce management.
United States Government Accountability Office
Documents and publications
2019

Disaster assistance: FEMA action needed to better support individuals who are older or have disabilities

This report addresses challenges elderlies and people with disabilities faced during three sequential hurricanes–Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and how FEMA addressed them, and the extent to which FEMA has implemented its new approach to disability integration.
United States Government Accountability Office
Documents and publications
2019

Rigorously valuing the role of U.S. coral reefs in coastal hazard risk reduction

This report follows risk-based valuation approaches to map flood zones at 10-squaremeter resolution along all 3,100+ kilometers of U.S. reef-lined shorelines for different storm probabilities to account for the effect of coral reefs in reducing coastal

United States Geological Survey Nature Conservancy, the University of California, Santa Cruz
Documents and publications
2018

Preliminary findings from the Saint Thomas strong study

Children who experience natural disasters are at risk of developing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression. In this study, 109 children in Grades 3–12 were recruited from private and public schools on the island of

Natural Hazards Center
Updates

US Virgin Islands Hurricane Recovery and Resilience Task Force releases initial report

Today, the U.S. Virgin Islands Hurricane Recovery and Resilience Task Force released its initial 280-page report to help guide reconstruction and resiliency efforts in the Territory in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The document is currently published for public comment, during which time the community can provide feedback until July 27.
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