The new National Risk Index calculates the brutal equations of natural disasters.
Seth Borenstein shares news of the latest National Risk Index, published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The Index calculates the risks facing every county in the United States due to natural disasters—earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and the like.
Los Angeles County tops the Index, which calculates risk based on how many people and how much property is harm's way in places prone to natural disasters. The people and property components reveals a few potential surprises in the Index, as detailed by Borenstein in the source article.
FULL STORY: Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US
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The Price of Natural Disasters
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Research Shows White Communities Gain Affluence After Climate Disasters
People of color and lower-income residents tend to lose wealth despite the stated goals of federal assistance programs to restore communities impacted by disasters.
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