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CBC News
The wildfire that enveloped Fort McMurray in the spring of 2016 is a harbinger of things to come, Edmonton journalist Ed Struzik concludes in his new book, Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape our Future. Megafires like the one that burned out of control in the northern Alberta community for two months in Canada's costliest natural disaster, could soon become commonplace across North America, Struzik said.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
For the first time, Australia's mango, macadamia, and avocado crops have been mapped. It's a move that authorities say will change the way government and industry deals with natural disaster responses and disease outbreaks. The multi-million-dollar project has been led by Associate Professor Andrew Robson from the University of New England's Precision Agriculture Research Group. He said the map had already been tested with positive results. "It is used for post-disaster monitoring such as Cyclone Debbie that occurred in March and the recent horrific storm that went through Bundaberg that affected a lot of Macadamia orchards," Professor Robson said.
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Roll Call
In its third emergency aid request since August, the White House on Friday asked Congress to approve $44 billion for ongoing hurricane recovery efforts, a figure seen as insufficient on both sides of the aisle. At the same time, the White House asked lawmakers to consider a lengthy list of offsets, noting in a letter that the administration “believes it is prudent to offset new spending.” While the offsets are likely to prove controversial, prominent Democrats and Republicans alike are already criticizing the size of the aid request.
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Los Angeles Times
Every day, Mike Thompson hears a new story about how last month’s fires in Northern California have affected people’s lives. Insurance is being denied. Tourism is down. Some companies have laid off workers. And yet none of the $44 billion that the White House requested of Congress on Friday for supplemental disaster aid includes funding to rebuild California after the fires — which killed 43 people and destroyed nearly 9,000 structures — a move that’s sparked an outcry from Thompson and his fellow lawmakers.
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IAEM
Governor Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, was hospitalized at the Dell Seton Medical Center of the University of Texas on Nov. 17, 2017, due to a heart attack. He is in the early stages of recovery at this time and is listed in critical but stable condition. Governor Ridge served as the 43rd governor of Pennsylvania. He was director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2002-2005 and previously headed the White House Office of Homeland Security that was created one month after 9/11. He was the principal author of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, a federal law designed to create an orderly and systemic means of federal natural disaster assistance for state and local governments in carrying out their responsibilities to aid citizens.
NPR
If Houston's record deluge during Hurricane Harvey highlighted the dangers of unchecked, sprawling development, then Tulsa — another city built on oil — is a showcase for the opposite. For decades it has planned carefully and imposed wide-ranging regulations that aim to prevent the kind of devastating floods that used to make national headlines here. Other cities are taking note, as expanding development and a warming climate threaten to make flooding worse.
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Forbes
Scientists have found strong evidence that 2018 will see a big uptick in the number of large earthquakes globally. Earth's rotation, as with many things, is cyclical, slowing down by a few milliseconds per day then speeding up again. You and I will never notice this very slight variation in the rotational speed of Earth. However, we will certainly notice the result, an increase in the number of severe earthquakes.
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The Conversation
The ferocious “frankenstorm” known as Sandy that ripped through greater New York City five years ago remains one for the record books. Like this year’s hurricane season, it racked up tens of billions of dollars in economic damages. Superstorm Sandy had another close, yet underappreciated, similarity to this year’s hurricanes: less affluent groups of people suffered more, both in the initial damage and recovery. An analysis by a team I led at Stony Brook University shows that Sandy’s destructive path across Long Island, from Brooklyn to the Hamptons, was not as even-handed as media coverage often made it seem, both in its initial impact and people’s recovery.
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NPR
The FAA announced it has approved a drone that can function as a flying cell phone tower to help restore cellular service in Puerto Rico. The aircraft is called the Flying COW, for Cell on Wings. Developed by AT&T, it flies up to 200 feet above the ground, and can provide voice, data and Internet service for 40 square miles. AT&T said last week this marked the first time an LTE cell site on a drone had been successfully deployed for connecting residents after a disaster.
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IAEM
Are you planning to become certified in 2018? Mark your calendar for one of IAEM’s upcoming AEM®/CEM® prep course and exam offerings, and learn how to register online or check for new additions to the list.
- Jan. 10 – Exam Only at the Utah Emergency Management Association 2018 Conference (West Jordon, Utah)
- Apr. 22– Prep Course and Exam at the IAEM-USA Region 4 Training Summit and Expo (Nashville, Tennessee)
- July 9 – Prep Course and Exam at the National Homeland Security Conference (New York, New York)
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IAEM
IAEM recently received a belated notice of the passing of Bill E. Appleby, 69, on June 19, 2017. Bill, who was a past president of IAEM (1998-1999), also served Boone County, Kentucky, as its emergency management director. Survivors include his wife, Colleen (Bresnahan) Appleby; son, Ed Appleby; daughter, Angela Huskey; and an extended family that includes grandchildren, great-grandchildren, two brothers, a sister, and many nieces and nephews. The family encouraged that donations be made in Bill’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. An online guestbook is available here. IAEM expresses sympathy to Bill's family, friends, and colleagues.
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The 2nd Annual New England Higher Education Emergency Managers Symposium, organized by The Boston Consortium and the IAEM-USA Universities & Colleges Caucus, will take place Dec. 14-15, 2017, at the Babson Executive Conference Center, Wellesley, Massachusetts. This year’s theme is “Emergency Management and its Evolving Role in Higher Education.” This two-day event will bring together higher education emergency management professionals to discuss the issues they currently face and to share best practices. Here are some of the sessions that will be included: fostering town/gown relationships, hurricanes and implementation of mutual aid, command post/EOC coordination, risk management resources, social networking, and updates from the National IAEM-UCC Sessions in Long Beach. Friday will be dedicated to addressing campus protests with perspectives from the University of Virginia, ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, and others. Register online quickly, as space is limited.
ABC News
More than two dozen people were injured while others remain unaccounted for after a massive fire engulfed a senior living facility west of Philadelphia on Thursday night, authorities said. Hundreds of first responders scrambled to rescue the elderly residents from the burning building, evacuating them on beds and in wheelchairs. Approximately 27 people were hospitalized for injuries related to the blaze, West Chester Police Chief Scott Bohn said at a press conference.
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The Guardian
Vanuatu and New Caledonia were hit by small tsunami waves after an undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.0 struck 82 kms (51 miles) east of the Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific. The quake, initially reported as magnitude 7.3, was the second major tremor in the same area in less than 24 hours and the third in the past month.
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ABC News
Authorities in Greece say that the body of an 83-year-old man has been found in the Athens suburb of Mandra that was struck by flash flooding, raising the overall death toll to 20. The body was dug out from debris on Sunday several kilometers from where the man was last seen. He had gone hunting when the deadly flash flood struck Wednesday. Two people are still missing. The government has declared an emergency in areas in central and northern Greece hit by heavy rains last week.
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