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EDM Tuesday Briefing: Social Media During Disasters, Rain in California, Homelessness, Climate Change

Emergency and disaster management briefing for March 15, 2016: A study discovers that social media can be useful during disasters, California gets much-needed rain to fill its reservoirs, and cities across the U.S. struggle with homelessness.

  1. A recent study found new evidence that [link url=”https://amuedge.com/study-social-media-is-already-an-effective-tool-during-disaster-events/” title=”social media is already a highly useful tool during natural disasters“]. More specifically, the study discovered that Twitter might already be faster at predicting ground damage immediately following a disaster than human models, and that, overall, [link url=”https://amuedge.com/study-social-media-is-already-an-effective-tool-during-disaster-events/” title=”social media can bring multiple benefits“] to a region when disaster strikes.
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  3. [link url=”https://amuedge.com/new-drought-fears-surface-in-california/” title=”New drought concerns“] recently surfaced in California, but those may all be washed away after [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-northern-california-reservoir-levels-20160314-story.html” title=”storms drenched Northern California“] in recent days. The series of rainstorms, dubbed the “March Miracle,” dropped nearly a foot of rain on parts of the state this weekend. The storms brought the state’s [link url=”http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-northern-california-reservoir-levels-20160314-story.html” title=”biggest reservoir past its historical average for mid-March“] and its second largest reservoir near its historical average. The reservoirs have been below historical averages for almost three years.
  4. [relink url=”https://amuedge.com/new-drought-fears-surface-in-california/” url2=”https://amuedge.com/groundwater-not-an-infinite-supply/”]

  5. Seattle has been battling issues with homelessness for some time now. Back in November 2015, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray [link url=”https://amuedge.com/homelessness-becoming-a-big-problem-in-some-big-cities/” title=”declared a state of emergency over homelessness“]. Recently, questions of where the growing number of homeless are coming from was answered in a way that surprised many — [link url=”http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/king-countys-homeless-are-overwhelmingly-from-here-service-providers-say/” title=”the majority of homeless people in Seattle claim to be from the region“] and not from elsewhere, as many suspected. Officials cite a wide range of factors — [link url=”http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/king-countys-homeless-are-overwhelmingly-from-here-service-providers-say/” title=”rising rents, population growth and cuts in aid“] — for the increase in homelessness in the city.
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  7. Determining [link url=”https://amuedge.com/estimating-the-influence-of-climate-change-on-extreme-weather-events/” title=”the effect of climate change on extreme weather events“] is no longer guesswork but rather science, said a new report. The report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine outlined how advancements in extreme event attribution now allow scientists to better understand the influence of human-caused climate change on extreme weather events.
  8. [relink url=”https://amuedge.com/estimating-the-influence-of-climate-change-on-extreme-weather-events/” url2=”https://amuedge.com/climate-in-case-youre-not-convinced-yet/”]

  9. North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported that, based on statements from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the country would soon [link url=”http://in.reuters.com/article/northkorea-nuclear-idINKCN0WG2IU” title=”conduct a test of a nuclear warhead“] and would also test ballistic missiles built to carry nuclear warheads. Any such tests would be [link url=”http://in.reuters.com/article/northkorea-nuclear-idINKCN0WG2IU” title=”a direct violation of U.N. resolutions“] laid out in recent weeks.
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  11. A [link url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/us-kansas-amtrak-derailment-idUSKCN0WG0J1″ title=”misaligned track“] may be to blame for the train derailment that injured dozens in rural Kansas yesterday. An Amtrak train en route to Chicago derailed about 20 miles west of Dodge City, KS, injuring 32 of the 145 people on board. The track is owned by BNSF Railway Co.
  12. The Uber driver suspected of killing six people and wounding two in an hours-long shooting spree in Kalamazoo, MI reportedly [link url=”http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/14/kalamazoo-shooting-reports-released-what-he-told-his-wife/81762070/” title=”blamed the Uber app for the shooting rampage“], saying the technology took over his “mind and body.” Jason Dalton told police that the Uber app [link url=”http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/03/14/kalamazoo-shooting-reports-released-what-he-told-his-wife/81762070/” title=”directed him where to go and when to shoot people“].
  13. [link url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-take-third-brother-into-custody-in-shooting-of-police-officer/2016/03/14/74b97f36-e9e6-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html” title=”Three brothers are in custody“] after opening fire on a police station in Landover, MD in an unprovoked attack, leaving one officer dead. Officer Jacai Colson was [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/slain-maryland-cop-inadvertently-shot-fellow-officer-police/story?id=37642095″ title=”was inadvertently shot by a fellow responding officer“] in the chaos of the attack.
  14. Michael Ford reportedly [link url=”http://abcnews.go.com/US/slain-maryland-cop-inadvertently-shot-fellow-officer-police/story?id=37642095″ title=”intended to die at the hand of a police officer“] and opened fire at the police station while brothers Elijah and Malik Ford reportedly [link url=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-take-third-brother-into-custody-in-shooting-of-police-officer/2016/03/14/74b97f36-e9e6-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html” title=”filmed the attack on cell phones“]. The trio is now facing more than 20 charges ranging from conspiracy to second-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder.
  15. [link url=”http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-officers-shot-on-west-side-20160314-story.html” title=”Three Chicago Police officers were shot“] during a narcotics investigation on the city’s West Side yesterday. All three officers are [link url=”http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-officers-shot-on-west-side-20160314-story.html” title=”expected to survive,“] while the attacker was fatally wounded in the gunfire. One woman is in custody.

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