Is FEMA Ready For a Tumultuous Future?

We face a future of increasing peril from disasters. One reason is climate change; another is that more people live in coastal areas where risks are especially high.We’re currently seeing the results of climate change in the California fires, and we saw both factors at work in last year’s flooding in Houston after Hurricane Harvey. FEMA is on the front line for dealing with these risks.Unfortunately, it  isn’t ready for what it awaits it. FEMA’s most prominent mission is disaster response. But it also has other important roles in connection with disasters.  Society faces increasingly grave risks, with climate change amplifying extreme weather and more and more people crowding into high-risk zones. In short, FEMA’s role is only going to get larger. Here are some of its many roles and critical needs for improvement. Disaster Response. When people think of FEMA, they envision rescuers finding victims and taking them to safety. FEMA does…

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