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What you should know about applying for disaster assistance and unemployment benefits after a hurricane

by Janet Nguyen
Oct 17, 2024
FEMA offers $770 for disasters declared starting this month, but it’s not the only money you can get.
A view of the debris and damage left from Hurricane Milton, which made landfall in Florida last week.
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The most effective way to give this holiday season

by Katherine Wiles
Nov 25, 2020
As we head into a holiday season like no other, what is the best way to help those in need?
Workers from the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank distribute boxes of fresh produce to people facing food insecurity in August. Donating cash to food banks allows them to supply produce to people in need more easily.
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Northern California fires leave local businesses with few options to rebuild

by Ben Bradford
Dec 17, 2018
There's limited aid available for businesses displaced by November's devastating fire in Paradise.
A burned car and a gas station remain visible after the Camp Fire tore through the region near Pulga, east of Paradise, California, on Nov. 11, 2018.
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How gift cards are helping survivors of California's deadliest fire

by Ben Bradford
Dec 7, 2018
It's not just cash donations that help after a disaster.
Kimberly Spainhower hugs her daughter Chloe, 13, while her husband Ryan Spainhower (R) searches through the ashes of their burned home in Paradise, California on November 18, 2018.
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Florida's affordable housing shortage is a roadblock for Hurricane Maria evacuees

by Renata Sago
May 10, 2018
Puerto Ricans in FEMA's transitional shelter program worry about where they'll go when the program ends June 30.
Activists rally in support of Puerto Rican families displaced by Hurricane Maria on the steps of New York City Hall in April.
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Why bamboo and earth are better than steel and concrete after a Himalayan earthquake

by Anu Anand
Apr 25, 2018
Bamboo is very lightweight. It compares to bird's bone in density, but in strength it compares to steel.
Kathmandu's newly rebuilt National Archive.
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Why the lights are still out in parts of Puerto Rico

by Marketplace Weekend Staff
Jan 12, 2018
A check in on the state of recovery after Hurricane Maria
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The long recovery: 2017’s biggest natural disasters

Mayor of Naples, Florida, unfazed by hurricane damage

by Kimberly Adams , Paulina Velasco and Katie Long
Dec 27, 2017
With cleanup efforts after Hurricane Irma complete, the city anticipates that tourism season won't be impacted.
Flooded homes stand in a rural part of Naples, Florida the day after Hurricane Irma swept through the area.
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Economics of Disaster

Some Puerto Ricans refuse to leave their island, despite lack of power

by Daisy Palacios
Dec 1, 2017
"That was horrible. It’s an experience that I don't ever want to live through again."
Glorimar Rivera outside her home in Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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Economics of Disaster

Will Puerto Rico's dairy industry survive after Hurricane Maria?

by Daisy Palacios
Dec 1, 2017
"If supermarkets don't have power, they won't buy your milk."
An empty field that was once full of cattle in Hatillo, Puerto Rico.
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