So far the worst tornado on record happened in 1925. See: Deadliest tornado in U.S. history hit the Midwest nearly a century ago

As the Diva watched TV accounts of the latest rash of tornadoes in TN and KY, she noticed that most of the coverage failed to discuss the power of the storms as measured by the Enhanced Fujita scale. According to the Wash Post article, the National Weather Service will be making a determination of the number on that scale of 5.

Here is an explanation of the EF scale for measuring tornadoes.

Source of info on Disaster Economics

Community-Based Solutions to Enhance Disaster Resilience.

The NSF announced a $15.9 million in awards to teams to conduct and evaluate ready-to-implement pilot projects that address community-identified challenges. A significant portion of the funds was awarded to projects focusing on resilience to natural disasters in the context of equipping communities for greater preparedness to and response after disasters such as floods, hurricanes and wildfires.

FEMA’s new Strategic Plan (2022-2026)

New FEMA plan puts climate crisis front and center after Trump admin. erased it.

Another new report from FEMA: Resources for Climate Resilience

Nursing home deaths rose 25 percent after Hurricane Irma, study finds
In an article in JAMA Health Forum, a national team of researchers associates power outages in nursing homes with a 25 percent increase in deaths

Report from the NYTimes on new MIT study: Study finds Atlantic hurricanes becoming more frequent, destructive.

Hurricanes are the most costly disasters for the United States, and a study suggests they’re increasing in number and ferocity

How Can FEMA and Flood Insurance Keep Up with Rising Flood Risks?

Journal Article: Planning for Disaster-Induced Relocation of Communities by Balakrishnan Balachandran, Robert B. Olshansky, & Laurie A. Johnson

[Note this is just the abstract; there is a fee for the full article.]