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.

From HSNewswire: The World’s Insurance Bill from Natural Disasters This Year: $115 Billion. Extreme weather events have caused an estimated $115 billion in insured financial losses around the world this year according to Swiss Re, the Zurich-based reinsurance giant. That’s 42 percent higher than the 10-year average of $81 billion.

From HSToday: Bill to Ensure Federal Property and Assets Are Disaster Resilient is Signed Into Law.  “The Disaster Resiliency Planning Act, which builds off of a recommendation from the GAO report, will require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to provide federal agencies with guidance on how to incorporate natural disaster resilience into their asset management and investment decisions.

The Continuity Professionals Pulse is a free daily source that includes articles published in many sources, including the Recovery Diva site. They add graphics and include my posts in their daily issue.

Now they are offering a summary of recent articles, which you can see here. It makes a nice, colorful recap of some important matters in recent months.

From BMChealthservices: How can we strengthen partnership and coordination for health system emergency preparedness and response? Findings from a synthesis of experience across countries facing shocks. This site provides access to full 19 page report.

Thanks to Dr. Lois Cohen for the citation.

From the Pew Foundation: Wildfires: Burning Through State Budgets. Increased spending on suppression threatens fiscal stability and impedes cost-saving mitigation efforts.

New Report from the Congressional Research Service: Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.