U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) recently introduced a bipartisan bill to help taxpayers who decide to prepare their homes for natural disasters. © Shutterstock The Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act would make rebates that homeowners receive for making natural disaster mitigation improvements to their homes exempt from federal taxes. “North Carolinians who receive disaster […]
Experts warn Australia is at high risk of another Black Summer. Picture: David Gray / Getty Images Australia is at extreme risk of a repeat of the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires, a parliamentary committee has heard. Ninety per cent of buildings in fire prone areas are not bushfire-resilient, and the young, regenerating forests in the […]
“It never rains, but what it pours,” sang Judy Garland to Mickey Rooney in 1938, memorably describing what happens “if Lady Luck should happen to desert you.” “You stub your toe, ouch, You hit your elbow, ooh, You bump your head, ooh. You step on a tack and you let out a howl.There’s soap in […]
If you’ve ever seen (or gotten) a tattoo that says “NO RAGRETS,” you might want to binge-watch Netflix’s newest show. Syracuse native Jessimae Peluso hosts “Tattoo Redo,” an all-new reality series featuring people with embarrassing body ink from a drunken night out, a lost bet, a relationship gone wrong, or a poorly researched internet source. […]
Image Source : PTI Himachal Pradesh: 187 died due to natural disasters, accidents since June 13 As many as 187 people lost their lives and four persons have gone missing due to natural disasters and accidents in Himachal Pradesh from June 13, with a monetary loss of Rs 401 crore reported in the state till […]
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Nic Hunter, the mayor of Lake Charles, has no doubt that elected officials in Washington are well aware of everything his city has weathered. They have told him so, repeatedly. President Donald J. Trump flew to Louisiana last August after it was shredded by Hurricane Laura. “You took a big punch,” […]
The last month has seen lethal, and often unprecedented, extreme weather across the Northern Hemisphere. Climate scientists say human-driven changes to the atmosphere have made events like these more likely, but how much any specific event can be attributed to human activity remains debated. Nevertheless, many regard it as plausible that human activity not only […]
In the San Francisco Bay Area, we’ve experienced a wave of climate-driven disasters in recent years. This includes the most destructive wildfire season in California history, which arrived during an unprecedented heatwave that led utilities to conduct rolling power shut-offs in communities vulnerable to fire. That was on top of the COVID-19 pandemic and a […]
ANI | Updated: Jul 26, 2021 22:59 IST Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): As many as 187 people lost their lives and four persons have gone missing due to natural disasters and accidents in Himachal Pradesh from June 13, with a monetary loss of Rs 401 crore reported in the state till Sunday, […]
BERLIN (AP) — The Green party candidate hoping to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany’s upcoming election warned Monday that efforts to better prepare the country against climate-related disasters is going to be costly and will require tapping into additional sources of revenue. Annalena Baerbock, whose party is trailing Merkel’s center-right Union bloc in recent […]
