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The 2015 wildfire season is not only setting records for acres burned, it's also nearing the costliest on record, reports USA Today. With $1.23 billion spent so far this year to fight the blazes, the U.S. Forest Service is approaching its all-time record for firefighting costs of $1.65 billion, set in fiscal year 2002...
'My greatest worry is that there are many wonderful structures that are not that visible and famous, but are actually the centers of religious communities and hold these communities together,' said Alexander von Rospatt, a professor of Buddhist and South Asian studies at the University of California-Berkeley in a USA Today report on Nepal's loss of cultural heritage...
Too few emergency planners have the expertise necessary to ensure preparations make adequate provisions for disabled, seniors and children during times of emergency. Until further studies are completed, millions of Americans remain at risk during extreme weather events...
'Social science and interdisciplinary research is critical to better understand how people respond to different types of hurricane risk information, so that we can use this knowledge to improve forecast and warning communication and reduce loss of life when a hurricane threatens,' said Rebecca Morrs...
'One only needs to read the newspapers to affirm that in the face of named storms and other extreme weather events, large numbers of assets, and the communities that are defined by these assets and which support them, are not sufficiently resilient,' Lindene Patton, chief climate product officer at Zurich Insurance Group, said in testimony...
A new Ceres study found that most companies do not have comprehensive strategies to prepare them for climate change related claims, according to Usa Today. However, an earlier study released by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests that insurers have stepped up efforts to adapt and mitigate climate change...
USA Today's reporter, Scott Martin looks at recent moves by technological experts to develop ways to warn people about imminent natural hazards through mobile devices and game consoles, further to the spate of destructive tornadoes that hit the U.S. recently. More on early warning at the Global Platform...
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