After a record 22 billion-dollar disasters in 2020, it's time to make US disaster policy more effective and equitable – here's how

By A.R. Siders, Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
Allison Reilly, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland
Deb Niemeier, Clark Distinguished Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland

NOAA released its list of climate and weather disasters that cost the nation more than $1 billion each. Like many climate and weather events this past year, it shattered the record.

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