Emergency and disaster management week in review for May 9, 2106
A weekly recap of handpicked emergency and disaster management news, along with analysis and interpretation from our team of experts.
Social Media & EDM
The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) recently [link url=”http://icma.org/m/en/icma/knowledge_network/blogs/blogpost/4623/What_Makes_Some_Local_Governments_So_Successful_at_Social_Media” title=”analyzed social media use by local governments and agencies“] and published its findings as to what makes one agency successful at utilizing social media while others struggle. [link url=”https://amuedge.com/using-social-media-in-emergency-management/” title=”According to the ICMA,“] several key engagement styles and patterns were noted to be consistent among the different agencies that use social networking sites effectively.
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Natural Disasters
A recent report detailed how April natural disasters in the U.S., Ecuador, Japan, Uruguay, China, Myanmar, and other regions across the globe [link url=”https://amuedge.com/april-natural-disasters-hit-global-economy-hard/” title=”brought billions and billions in damages“]. Earthquakes, severe storms, agricultural losses, flooding and other natural disasters combined to make last month [link url=”https://amuedge.com/april-natural-disasters-hit-global-economy-hard/” title=”the most costly April in five years.“]
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For McMurray
Scientists are suggesting that the [link url=”http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/science/global-warming-cited-as-wildfires-increase-in-fragile-boreal-forest.html” title=”boreal wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada are a result of climate change and its impacts“]. El Niño has also kept warmer air flowing into the area, with temperatures in the Fort McMurray area higher than normal – sometimes nearly 30 degrees – in the weeks leading up to the fire. Earlier snow melt due to rising temperatures is causing a drying of trees, increasing the chances for wildfires. They also noted the 2015 fire season in Alaska as being one of the worst on record – the second largest ever – involving 768 fires and over five million acres burned.
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Air Pollution
A new World Health Organization (WHO) report warned that [link url=”http://phys.org/news/2016-05-percent-world-city-dwellers-bad.html” title=”80 percent of world’s city dwellers breathe bad air.“] The WHO’s latest air pollution analysis revealed the growing risk of serious health conditions from polluted air, including stroke and asthma. India is home to [link url=”http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-airpollution-idUSKCN0Y30AZ” title=”four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution,“] and only 2 percent of cities in poorer countries had air quality that met WHO standards.
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FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is reportedly considering implementing a [link url=”http://www.krdo.com/news/future-disaster-victims-may-have-to-pay-deductible-for-federal-aid/39490642″ title=”‘disaster deductible’“] that would serve to help the Agency recover some of the costs of funds paid to disaster victims. A House emergency management subcommittee held a hearing yesterday morning titled [link url=”http://www.krdo.com/news/el-paso-county-commissioner-testifies-in-washington-dc/39515938″ title=”Controlling the Rising Cost of Federal Responses to Disaster“] to discuss the “disaster deductible” topic in detail.
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