From CNN:  California’s dilemma: How do you harness an epic amount of rain in a water-scarce state? Let it flood, scientists say

From the Congressional Research Service: Options for Making Flood Insurance More Affordable (39 pp).

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From TheConversation: Homes that survived the Boulder County fire hid another disaster inside – we turned them into labs to study this urban wildfire health risk.

Just out, this 5 page report from the Congressional Research Service: Recent Funding Increases for FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

From TheConversation: 2022’s US climate disasters, from storms and floods to heat waves and droughts.

From the GAO: Disaster Recovery: Better Information Is Needed on the Progress of Block Grant Funds.

Another article on the report from HSToday: Disaster Recovery Funding Slow to Reach Affected Communities. According to GAO’s analysis of available data as of August 2022, the application processing and preconstruction phases of Texas’s Homeowner Assistance Programs each took longer than construction.

From the UCL Press: free book to download. Invisible Reconstruction; Cross-disciplinary responses to natural, biological and man-made disasters. (382 pp)

NOTE: The Diva is not familiar with either the publisher or the book. You are on your own for this one!

From TheConversation: Local nonprofits play a key role in recovery from disasters – while also having to get back on their own feet.