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Disaster Center retweeted
11 Aug 2023
Breaking News: Hawaii’s governor called the fires “likely the largest natural disaster” in state history. At least 53 died, and the toll is expected to rise.
Follow our live coverage here.
nyti.ms/3qjlTkd
ALT Headline reads: "Maui Fires Likely ‘Largest Natural Disaster’ in Hawaii’s History, Governor Says." Text reads: "Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii said the death toll would continue to rise from 53 and implored residents to host those who had been displaced from their homes."
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10 Aug 2023
Onetime capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom reduced to ash and rubble by deadly wildfire nbcnews.com/news/asian-ameri… via @nbcnews
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Disaster Center retweeted
5 May 2023
Flood insurance costs soar in S. Florida @MiamiHerald reports. New rates to double, even triple. @fema changed the way it calculates flood insurance prices. Instead of using old flood zone maps, it’s now basing prices on a property’s distance from the ocean, rainfall levels and cost to rebuild a home
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'I can't get it out of my head': Residents of Mississippi recount the devastating tornado that ripped through the state, killing at least 25 people reut.rs/3z6id66
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Disaster Center retweeted
11 Mar 2023
Exclusive: In the wake of Hurricane Ian, regional insurance companies have limited payouts to policyholders by altering the work of adjusters that assess damaged homes, The Post found.
As a result, homeowners are left footing much of the bill for repairs. wapo.st/3ZGDgrl
ALT Exclusive: Hurricane Ian payouts far below damage estimates, documents and insiders reveal. A Post investigation found that at least a dozen policyholders had claims cut by up to 80 percent.
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27 Feb 2023
An earthquake could hit Missouri at any time: Here's what to know. columbiamissourian.com/news/…
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Disaster Center retweeted
12 Feb 2023
"The situation is unbearably disastrous."
Rescuers denounce aid ‘failure’ in Syria’s devastated northwest aje.io/f3hpm5
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Disaster Center retweeted
Earthquakes occur with no warning, which is why it's so important to prepare! Take some time this Earthquake Awareness Month to learn more and make a plan.
Do you have a plan? Are you ready? Learn more about the New Madrid Seismic Zone straightarrownews.com/cc/new…, then visit centralusquake.org for resources to help you get prepared. @eqconsortium @MoSEMA_
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Disaster Center retweeted
3 Feb 2023
We've been trying to collect data on earthquake perceptions in SE Missouri for *years*.
Finally able to make it happen thanks to a great collaboration with MO Department of Commerce and Insurance and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
3 Feb 2023
The New Madrid Seismic Zone hasn’t had a major earthquake in more than 100 years. In a recent study, a #Mizzou researcher studied how aware people are of this threat among residents in the New Madrid region of #MO. ➡️bit.ly/BigQuakeMU
ALT A seismograph being used to detect and record seismic waves.
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Disaster Center retweeted
18 Jan 2023
Spate of natural disasters takes a toll on Australians’ mental health, survey finds theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Disaster Center retweeted
11 Jan 2023
California residents examine the destruction from a series of atmospheric river storms wapo.st/3iuclyK
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Disaster Center retweeted
10 Jan 2023
📢 Today the U.S. Chief Statistician issued Recommendations on the Best Practices for the Collection of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data on Federal Statistical Surveys. ⬆️ quality, ⬆️ consistency, ⬆️ availability of SOGI statistics! 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ whitehouse.gov/wp-content/up…
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31 Dec 2022
Buffalo blizzard fuels racial and class divides in polarized city. washingtonpost.com/weather/2…
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Disaster Center retweeted
30 Dec 2022
Analytics is not everything, but I was honored to see this piece with on Social Media and Disasters written with @DCC_Center colleagues reach more than 750 citations this year pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2524…
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Emergency workers in Kansas are working through the weekend to clean up the largest U.S. crude oil spill in nearly a decade reut.rs/3Fp1hdU
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Disaster Center retweeted
17 Nov 2022
I spoke to @TIME about how Twitter became such a vital part of our emergency comms infrastructure — serving as a hub for witness reports, real-time updates, news-gathering, & more — and why losing such a lifeline would be so disastrous and likely deadly.
time.com/6233609/uva-shootin…
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Disaster Center retweeted
20 Nov 2022
The deadly shooting on Saturday at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, brought terror to a place that was, for many visitors, a refuge. nyti.ms/3Xktj1Y
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Disaster Center retweeted
20 Nov 2022
BREAKING: A shooting at an LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs killed five people and wounded 18 others overnight. Police are describing it as a “hate attack.”washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – At least 149 people, mostly teenagers and young adults in their 20s, were killed in South Korea when a crowd celebrating Halloween surged into an alley in a night-life area of Seoul reut.rs/3Fts5uV
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