The Wake

Part VII: People try to come home. But does home want them anymore? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Part VI: How could the levees have failed? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Part V: A hero arrives. But not the one everyone expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Dr. Craig Colten, author of An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature, about Hurricane Katrina and its lasting effects on the city of New Orleans. He shares fascinating insight on the history of the c ... Show More

Over the past 2 weeks, my home of Tampa Bay has been directly impacted by two different hurricanes: Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Here's a little story I wanted to share about Milton, his floods, his debris, and his lessons. ;)  Sending you all the love, beautiful.  Kati ... Show More

Over the past 2 weeks, my home of Tampa Bay has been directly impacted by two different hurricanes: Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Here's a little story I wanted to share about Milton, his floods, his debris, and his lessons. ;)  Sending you all the love, beautiful.  Kati ... Show More

Over the past 2 weeks, my home of Tampa Bay has been directly impacted by two different hurricanes: Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. Here's a little story I wanted to share about Milton, his floods, his debris, and his lessons. ;)  Sending you all the love, beautiful.  Kati ... Show More

On October 2nd, 1893, a category 4 hurricane made landfall on the southeast coast of Louisiana. It slammed into the fishing community of Cheniere Caminada, a thriving village that supplied oysters and other seafood to New Orleans. The seafaring population was caught off-guard and ... Show More

Florida's Gulf Coast continues to clean up from Hurricane Milton, which came ashore as a Category 3 storm battering an area already weary from Hurricane Helene. With less than 4 weeks to Election Day, the response to both disasters is predictably being filtered through a politica ... Show More

North Carolina Governor Josh Stein shares an update on his state’s recovery from the devastation left by Hurricane Helene, and warns that President Trump’s plans to downsize or eliminate FEMA will leave states unable to properly recover after natural disasters. To learn more abou ... Show More

Asheville, North Carolina, was thriving until floodwaters and heavy wind from Hurricane Helene ripped through the region and destroyed large parts of the city's commercial districts. We talk to two business owners who are trying to figure out what comes next.  Further Reading: -T ... Show More

Lies about disaster relief are spreading like never before this hurricane season, and it’s making FEMA’s job harder. Juliette Kayyem, author of The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters, explains.This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, Victoria Chamberlin ... Show More

Having a plan in place when a hurricane approaches can help keep you safe -- and take some of the stress out of these scary storms. Learn the basics of hurricane preparedness in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/hou ... Show More