case study for natural disaster

Browse case study reports and best practice articles from across FEMA's areas of expertise. You can search by title or keywords, select additional content filters, or jump to a collection. ... Ian's devastating impact on Florida in 2022, the need for information on resilience and mitigation against future disasters became abundantly clear.

Effects. In some areas, floodwater was between 3-4.5m deep. Floods in the southern Indian state of Kerala have killed more than 410 people since June 2018 in what local officials said was the worst flooding in 100 years. Many of those who died had been crushed under debris caused by landslides.

Brief summaries of case studies describing how rural communities, healthcare facilities, first responders, and others have responded to and addressed natural disasters. ... the landslide was an unexpected natural disaster. The event spurred the community into action, establishing a Sitka GeoTask Force and engaging scientists and local, state ...

Case Studies: Effect of Disasters on Specific Populations. Workshop participants broke into four groups to discuss case studies that highlighted the effects of disasters on specific populations. The first breakout panel, moderated by Joelle Simpson, medical director of emergency preparedness at Children's National Hospital, explored the ...

In the ten year period from 2007 to 2016, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) lists 614 major disaster declarations across the 50 states.1 That is, from 1960 to 1979, the average annual number of disaster declarations equals 32 and from 1980 to 1999, this average grows to 51. In the first two decades of the 21st century, the ...

Publications. Case Studies. The program has developed an extensive catalogue of case studies addressing crisis events. These cases serve as an important tool for classroom study, prompting readers to think about the challenges different types of crises pose for public safety officials, political leaders, and the affected communities at large.

Case Studies by Natural Disaster Event Type. Brief descriptions of types of natural disaster events are presented below, along with information about the types of debris expected to be generated and links to relevant case studies. Earthquake. Flooding. Hurricane.

The present case study is based on the authors' own experience of managing a natural disaster caused by the flash floods. The paper presents a firsthand description of a disaster and its prompt management. The data was collected from the records of the district civil administration, the civil hospital, and the Army Hospital, Leh.

On 7 February 2021, a catastrophic mass flow descended the Ronti Gad, Rishiganga, and Dhauliganga valleys in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India, causing widespread devastation and severely damaging two hydropower projects. More than 200 people were killed or are missing. Our analysis of satellite imagery, seismic records, numerical model results, and ...

The three case studies bring out the importance of building up resilience for disaster management. While the first one showed us the missing elements in terms of Warning system and Awareness building, the second showed how preparedness can go a long way in minimising damages from disasters.

Case studies contribute more focused analyses which, in the context of human loss and damage, demonstrate the effectiveness of response strategies and prevention measures and identify lessons about success in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. The case studies were chosen to complement and be consistent with the information

Here are ten real-life stories that prove Disaster Relief and Recovery changes lives, connects communities, and cares for people in need. 1. Elisa Class Feliciano: More Than a Stove. Disaster Relief and Recovery comes in all shapes and sizes. When Elisa Class Feliciano found herself in need of kitchen equipment, Endeavors was able to ...

Whether disasters influence adaptation actions in cities is contested. Yet, the extant knowledge base primarily consists of single or small-N case studies, so there is no global overview of the ...

3.1.3.2 The Disaster Event Phase of the Disaster Process. Being defined through their risk and vulnerability, disasters can lead to a short-term and long-term impact on the urbanscape and society, by causing direct, secondary and indirect effects. Direct effects are reflected through injuries and death and the physical damage and destruction.

The case studies demonstrate how regions have effectively used federal funding to address the impacts of natural disasters, become more resilient to future events, and increase economic competitiveness and quality of life. While every disaster and every region have unique characteristics, EDDs and other organizations can learn a lot from each ...

Synopsis. Showcasing internationally sourced case studies on disaster management, International Case Studies in the Management of Disasters presents a diverse range of case studies on how disasters, both natural and manmade, are being managed globally.

This research seeks to gain a better understanding of the difficulties rural communities experience during the recovery process after a natural disaster. By examining three case studies—the Florida Panhandle after Hurricane Michael in 2018, Puerto Rico after Hurricane María in 2017, and Eastern North Carolina after both Hurricane Matthew in ...

The case studies were chosen to complement and be consistent with the information in the preceding chapters, and to demonstrate aspects of the key messages in the Summary for Policymakers and the Hyogo Framework for Action Priorities. The case studies were grouped to examine types of extreme events, vulnerable regions, and methodological ...

Case Study 5: "Exceptions to the Rule": A review of U.S. military response to the Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan in April 2016, ... "This second volume of the Natural Disaster Hotspots project presents a series of case studies undertaken to support the global analysis, published in 2005 as Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. ...

Single case studies and exploratory research prevail, the focus has shifted from preparedness to response, and methodological diversity is limited, but gradually increasing. ... Our second concern pertains to the methodologies employed to study crises and disasters. Disasters and crises are often studied in similar ways, with researchers ...

Abstract. These case studies complement the earlier groundbreaking work of Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis published in April 2005. Three case studies address specific hazards: landslides, storm surges and drought. An additional, three case studies address regional multi-hazard situations in Sri Lanka, the Tana River basin in ...

Let us consider a natural disaster, for example a flood, ... Thus, our model framework is flexible enough to be further extended and tailored to specific case studies.

A Case Study on Living with the Treacherous Waters 47 Kseniia Puzyreva and Nikita Basov Chapter 3 Financial Implications of Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Floods in Pakistan 61 Vivake Anand, Kinza Yousfani and Jianhua Zhang Chapter 4 Microcase Studies on Managing Tourism Destinations in the Aftermath of Disasters 99

The Science Issue and Relevance: The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) mobile drilling unit explosion and associated oil spill in April 2010 substantially impacted northern Gulf of Mexico coastal ecosystems, exacerbating existing acute and chronic stressors.As part of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process, along with civil and criminal claims, and imposed fines and penalties, over $15 billion ...

This week, FHFA released the Mortgage Loan and Natural Disaster Dashboard that enables users to assess the impact of climate risk on vulnerable communities as well as the distribution of physical hazard risk for 2022 loan acquisitions by FHFA's regulated entities.. Data. This dashboard combines three data sources. The first, FHFA's Public Use Database (PUDB), reports single-family and ...

In recent years, technical accidents caused by natural disasters have caused huge losses. The purpose of this study is to develop a mathematical model to predict and prevent the risk of such accidents. The model applied machine learning to predict the risk of such accidents in the hope of providing risk visualization results for local governments. The expected impact of this research will ...