DISASTER RESPONSE: BURNED BY WILDFIRE LOSSES, INSURANCE INDUSTRY RETHINKS RISKS
LAURIE GOERING, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how insurance companies are looking to the future in the face of rising economic costs from disasters…
POSTCARDS: MENTAL HEALTH AT RISK AS CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE THREAT GROWS
ELLEN WULFHORST, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports from the US…
In northern California, churches step up to shelter fire evacuees
RNS Around 4:45am on Sunday, staffers at CrossWalk Community Church in Napa got a call, alerting them the church would need to serve as an evacuation centre as the Kincade fire continued to spread in Northern California. By 6am, the church doors were open. A firefighter from San Matteo helps fight the Kincade fire in Sonoma […]
US: AS WILDFIRES RAGE, CALIFORNIA TOWN RALLIES FOR MATERIAL, SPIRITUAL HELP
HEATHER ADAMS, of Religion News Service, reports from the fire-ravaged town of Redding, California…