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Emergency management

A man carries an elderly woman as people continue to leave Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. 
Critical State
Managing the aftermath: Part I
Plumes of smoke rise in the vicinity of Lake Steffen caused by a wildfire, near Rio Villegas, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021.
Climate Change
Fire and climate change are altering Patagonia’s ecosystems
A fire still burns in a home destroyed by the Marshall Wildfire in Louisville, Colorado, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.
Environment
Colorado’s catastrophic winter firestorm may be a sign of more to come
Merkel stands at a podium flanked by two German flags.
Top of The World
Merkel reverses plan for strict Easter lockdown in Germany
Firefighters control a spot fire near Bredbo, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Feb. 2, 2020.
The Big Fix
California and Australia look to Indigenous land management for fire help 
A man in a wheelchair is evacuated during a storm
Natural disasters
Hurricane evacuation of nursing home residents still an unsolved challenge
Donald Trump holds up on hand while standing behind a podium
Politics
What happens if Trump declares a state of emergency to get his border wall?
boats rescue pets from a flood
Environment
How social networks can save lives when disasters strike
A man sweeps the entrance of a boarded up store before Hurricane Florence comes ashore in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, Wednesday
Before hurricane season began, feds moved $10 million from FEMA to ICE
Port Arthur Texas flooding
Environment
FEMA maps lack up-to-date information on flood risk
This is the first RAPIDO house, located in Brownsville, Texas.
Development
A custom three-bedroom house for $69,000? Welcome to the new model for disaster relief.
Drilling unit aground
Environment
A new report finds nations are woefully unprepared for Arctic oil spills
Conflict & Justice
New Orleans judge will rule on hundreds of BP lawsuits
Environment
Did the oil spill cause less damage than expected?
Environment
Oil cleanup jobs help Gulf for now, but what comes later?
Environment
So many oil spill cleanup ideas, so little time
Environment
Industry and the environment prepare for oil spill’s long clean-up
Relief supplies for Haiyan victims
Environment
Read these 3 tips before you offer help to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan
Conflict & Justice
Chaos in Egypt After Army Storms Pro-Morsi Camps
Environment
How $20 billion in BP fines can go to restoring the Gulf
Global Politics
FEMA aid to victims of Hurricane Irene could be limited
Environment
Wildfires, tornadoes, floods; Are hurricanes next?
An intimate tour of the threatened Gulf Coast
Hope that the Tragedy in Bangladesh Will Inspire Change
Deepwater Disaster Three Years On
The Cleanup, the Media and ExxonMobil
Research Update on the Impact of BP Oil Spill
Revisiting the Gulf Deepwater Disaster
Top of the Hour: Senate Reaches Deal to Avoid Shutdown, Morning Headlines
FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate on Responding to Irene
After Irene, FEMA’s Funding Dilemma
Toxic Tide: Discovering the Health Effects of the Deepwater Disaster
Global Politics
Juliette Kayyem: Remembering September 11
Conflict & Justice
Right-wing Extremism in the US
Environment
Winds Challenge Crews Battling U.S. Wildfires
Are We Prepared for a Brutal Hurricane Season?
FEMA Wants $22 Million in Aid Back
Memphis Residents and Emergency Management Monitor Mississippi
Top of the Hour: Compensation for the Oil Spill, Morning Headlines
A Deadly Spill For Cetaceans?
Conflict & Justice
Ruling by emergency law
Chernobyl, Abd-El Krim, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Business, Economics and Jobs
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 100 Years Later
Slow Burn
The Living on Earth Almanac
Listener Comments
Prognosis: Oil Spills Inevitable
A Valdez Oil Spill in Ecuador’s Jungle
Mixed Reactions to Oil Spill Commission Report
Spill Could Pick up Restoration Bill
Let the Oil Slinging Begin
The Smallest Clean Up Crew
The Ixtoc Precedent
Cooperative Videobots
Spill Threatens Climate Bill
Gas Pains
Toxic Trailers
Toxic Info Withheld
Cities Get Ready
Tech Note/Personal Beacons