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Category: COVID-19

Posted inDisaster Recovery

How to navigate hurricane season as states loosen COVID-19 restrictions 

by Amal Ahmed July 7, 2022July 7, 2022

We spoke to Angela Clendenin, a public health expert at Texas A&M University, about the importance of emergency management and public health officials working together.

This is the first Q&A in a series about hurricane preparation and response during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Disaster Recovery, Gulf Coast, Housing, Justice, Land, Louisiana, Public Health

Louisiana’s new hurricane survivor sheltering program could be a model for the future

by Carly Berlin October 27, 2021January 13, 2022

The Hurricane Ida Sheltering Program aims to create temporary options closer to home as residents navigate federal aid programs.

Posted inCOVID-19, Immigration, Justice, Land, North Carolina, Public Health

N.C. Latinx residents on grassroots, policy solutions to the housing crisis

by Victoria Bouloubasis October 22, 2021January 14, 2022

Southerly and Enlace Latino NC hosted a panel with residents and advocates of community-owned mobile home parks.

Posted inJustice

Mississippians work to reduce childhood lead exposure as state, feds fail to intervene

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021January 18, 2022

Experts say solutions aimed at reducing lead exposure from water need to be educational and environmental. Here’s how to protect your family.

Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Culture, Public Health, Water

Wild swimming through the South

by Austyn Gaffney September 3, 2021January 14, 2022

How wading through water can be an antidote to climate anxiety.

Posted inClimate, COVID-19, Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Public Health, Water

A year after Hurricane Laura, southwest Louisiana ‘still in limbo’

by Carly Berlin August 27, 2021January 14, 2022

As extreme weather events become more frequent and intense, multiple disasters in southwest Louisiana during the pandemic show how unequipped disaster aid systems are during compounding events.

Posted inCOVID-19, Housing, Justice, Land, North Carolina, Public Health

N.C. mobile home park residents forced to uproot their home, lives during eviction crisis

by Victoria Bouloubasis August 16, 2021January 14, 2022

A community of homeowners will soon have to move from the land they’ve leased for decades—with nowhere to go.

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