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WEBNatural disasters pose a growing threat, especially in hundreds of small and remote communities that get less attention and less money. News21 investigates disaster …

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California’s wildfire survivors go online for mental health aid

WEBSONOMA, Calif. – After the Tubbs Fire of October 2017 burned more than 30,000 acres of land and killed 43 people, Sonoma County, California, began referring …

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WEBTuttle is a graduate of Pennsylvania State and Syracuse universities. He served as a News21 fellow in 2014 and contributed to Gun Wars, the 2014 project about …

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‘Everybody is a first responder’ in disasters, police and

WEBIn 2015, the Federal Emergency Management Agency published “Operational Lessons Learned in Disaster Response,” which highlighted lessons learned …

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Children of Katrina: The lost years State of Emergency

WEBMegann Jones and her boyfriend, Ryan Becker, both lost their childhood homes to Hurricane Katrina. After the storm, he said, his parents bought a Nintendo …

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WEBState of Emergency documentary series. Watch our 4-part documentary series investigating natural disasters, response and recovery. Each chapter explores the unique problems …

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Displacement after disasters: When there’s no place to call home

WEBSouth Texas communities lost homes. After the eye of Hurricane Harvey made its first landfall in San José Island off Texas, it traveled east toward Louisiana, …

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WEBNews21 investigates disasters across America. Panama City man struggles with the mental toll of the storm July 30, 2019 July 31, 2019. PANAMA CITY, Fla.

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Panama City man struggles with the mental toll of the storm

WEBPANAMA CITY, Fla. – The 80-foot pine tree stood on the edge of Greg Dossie’s Panama City, Florida, property his entire life. Storms came and went.

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Wildfire-vulnerable communities adapt to ever-present threat

WEBThe program received 27 grant applications from seven different states this year and accepted four. The 2019 communities are Pinetop-Lakeside, Gunnison County, …

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Church groups mobilize to rebuild Houston homes News21

WEBHOUSTON – Some 1,180 miles from their hometown, a group of schoolchildren stood on the front porch of a house in Independence Heights north of …

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Meet the fellows

WEBABEL ISLAND, Iowa – Simply put, Abel Island is an unlikely place to live. Surrounded by the Mississippi River on […]

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How volunteers helped rebuild West Virginia’s bridges News21

WEBWV VOAD worker Billy Frye welds a bridge together in July in Clendenin, West Virginia. (Alex Simon/News21) CLENDENIN, W.Va. — When the flood created an …

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The faces of disaster State of Emergency News21

WEBGerard Evelyn | Hurricane Maria, 2017. Gerard Evelyn, 49, lost his vision six years ago to a complication of diabetes. His home in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands, still has water …

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Amateur radio continues to prove crucial during disasters

WEBNow, amateur radio operators provide much more tactical communication between first-responder organizations. And the number of hams capable of responding …

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Mental health struggle of storm survivors: ‘It follows them forever’

WEBMOORE, Okla. — After a natural disaster, survivors can have psychological fallouts for weeks, months, even lifetimes, research shows. Xavier Delgado was 10 in …

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Moments of great darkness: Children at the mercy of Maria

WEBSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Gabriela Cornier lives in an abandoned schoolhouse in the rural community of La Vega, where holes in the floor are the size of …

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Community groups help homeless cats weather disasters

WEBA tuxedo cat lounges in the comfort of a motel next to the Neuse River in Kinston, North Carolina. (Harrison Mantas/ News21)

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