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The Dispatch, Ep 8: Checking in safe on Facebook

by Molly Wood
Mar 25, 2016
A look at the advantages and pitfalls of Facebook's 'Safety Check' feature.
A victim receives first aid by rescuers on Tuesday in Brussels after a series of terrorist attacks.
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Global warming could be a disaster sooner than later

by Scott Tong
Mar 22, 2016
But a possible climate disaster 50 years off still seems far away
Ice cracks from the wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier located at Los Glaciares National Park, southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, on March 10, 2016.
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Five years after tsunami, taxi company still fighting

by Rob Schmitz
Mar 11, 2016
Sendai's Smile Smile Taxi rebuilds its business 5 years after Japan's disaster.
Smile Smile Taxi owners Emi Sato and her father Matsuo Sato stand outside their headquarters that was partially destroyed five years ago.
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New doc shows our evolving relationship with big data

by Molly Wood
Feb 24, 2016
It's not all black and white.
A staff member at the Somerset House in London stands in front of an art exhibit themed on big data. Rick Smolan, executive producer of the film "The Human Face of Big Data," says our relationship to data isn't black and white.
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Home sweet risky home

by Amy Scott
Sep 3, 2015
A new study looks at home values in areas prone to natural disasters.
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The case for calling wildfires natural disasters

by Andy Uhler
Aug 20, 2015
Washington's governor, U.S. Forest Service are asking for some federal relief.
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Intense fires burn dry West and firefighting budgets

by Andy Uhler
Aug 6, 2015
Reclassifying blazes as natural disasters would help fund strapped Forest Service.
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Meteorologist Gary Dobbs on living through a tornado

by Jenny Ament
Jan 30, 2015
How do you move forward? How does it affect the way you look at things?
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What local government can learn from Hurricane Sandy

by Ilya Marritz
Oct 20, 2014
Changing climates put pressure on local government to boost financial resilience.
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A flood washes away one Colorado town’s infrastructure

by Grace Hood
Sep 10, 2014
One year later, lower-income residents have been slow to return to Lyons, Colorado.
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