Join industry leaders at the Disaster Expo Texas for insights on crisis communications, community resilience, emergency water distribution, and more. On November 5 - 6 2025 in Houston, Texas, a collection of shows will run simultaneously to highlight sol
Millions broil as southern US heat dome causes record highs and wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/extreme-heat-dome-arizona-texas-temperatures Massive landslide strikes East Sikkim, impacting 18 homes and 510 MW Teesta V project, India https://watchers.news/2024...
21 % of all hurricanes making landfall in the US occur in Texas. The Hurricane weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) predicted rainfall amounts and location, which were the most devastating impacts of the storm's landfall in Texas. A combined total of 372 tornado, flash flood, and severe ...
TEXAS DISASTER ACT AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE VALIDITY OF SCHOOL MASK MANDATES AND HOW THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT ENGAGED IN A LEGAL AND ETHICAL DISASTERBEAL, RONSt. Mary's Law Journal
The Texas Panhandle has seen its share of dust storms. Here are pictures of when it was at its worst in the 30s and our dust storm on April 4, 2023. Gallery Credit: Lori Crofford/TSM Amarillo Dust Storms of the Texas Panhandle
Several states have mandated multiple flood risk disclosures as part of their laws and/or disclosure forms. As illustrated in dark blue five states (Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Delaware) have the most flood risk disclosure requirements. According to FEMA, fifteen States, incl...
A correlation was found between the location of the user and the location of the event, such as the earthquake in Texas and the 2012 election in New Zealand. Also, the frequently used locations that were found in the cluster were taken as the location of the event. Authors in Eilander et...
Mullin, M. & Rubado, M. E. Local response to water crisis: explaining variation in usage restrictions during a Texas drought.Urban Aff. Rev.53, 752–774 (2017). ArticleGoogle Scholar Crow, D. A., Albright, E. A. & Koebele, E. The role of coalitions in disaster policymaking.Disaste...
Such was the case with Hurricane Harvey, which devastated Houston and its outlying areas in the summer of 2017. According to the Texas Comptroller’s Office, the roughly $125 billion price tag for Harvey was met by the following sources:4 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): provided ...
In New York, conferences were cancelled and construction sites closed due to wildfire smoke. In Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric, the state’s biggest power utility, has entered talks with restructuring firms after the disaster in Maui. In Texas, an unrelenting heatwave put pressure on the grid. Shops...