Topic on the Beat: Disasters

Top Disaster Stories From SEJournal

Updated November 2024

Special Report

• Floods, Fires, Dysfunction — Another Year Ahead of Faltering Steps on Environment, Energy

TipSheets

• When Disasters Hit, Nursing Homes Can Be Disasters Waiting To Happen
• Will Your Local Dam Turn Deadly in the Next Big Storm?
• Is Your Community Ready for Tornadoes? Are You?
• New HeatRisk Data Site Helps Warn on Health Threats
• Drainage Infrastructure Leads to Wet Basement Stories
• Do Home Buyers Have a Right to Flood Risk Disclosure?
• Home Insurance Likely To Be a 2024 Climate Story Near You
• Dangerous Inland Flooding in Reporters’ Forecast
• When Extreme Weather Amplifies Hazardous Waste Threats
• Finding the Secret Rail Hazmat Routes Near You
• Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters
• Ready for Climate Change-Induced Grid Blackouts Along With Heat Waves?

Toolboxes

• New-Look Landslide Risk Database Captures Potential Human Costs
• Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events
• Here’s Your Handy Doomsday Dataviz Dashboard
• Coming Your Way by Rail Today — A Hazmat Rogues’ Gallery
• Hazmat Highway Routes Key to Keeping Public Safe
• Outfit Your News Kit With Disaster Resilience Resources
• Storm Surge Maps Help Envision Potential Hurricane Flood Catastrophes
• Grid Data Can Guide Reporting on Power Disasters
• CAMEO Software Can Help Journalists Cover Chemical Disasters

Backgrounders

• Chemical Safety Board May Have Finally Cleaned Its Slate. What Now?
• Rockets and Bombs and Chemicals — The Environmental Horrors of War
• Climate Resiliency — When a Disaster Becomes a Cascade

Features

• Chemical Plants, Terrorism and Regulations May Be Back on the Agenda
• Disabilities and Disasters — What Questions Should You Be Asking Planners?
• Storm Warning — How To Prepare for Weather Disaster Reporting
• Reporters Reveal True Toll From Texas Winter Storm, Outages

Voices of Environmental Justice

• To Cover Climate Equity Well, Journalists Must Maintain Mental Health
• The Community We’ve Long Ignored

EJ InSight

• Capturing the Invisible — Photographing Extreme Heat Waves

Inside Story

• When the Crisis Was Immense, SEJ Award-Winner Went Narrow

WatchDogs

• Wildfire DisInformation Becomes a State Weapon, Aided by AI
• The 9/11 Legacy — Fear Drew Curtain Over Environmental Information
• A Chance To Widen Public Information About Chemical Hazards

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