Disaster Response During a Pandemic: GSC Spring 2021
Channel: National Academies - Earth and Life Studies
Date: 09/06/2021

Over the past year, responses to natural disasters have been complicated by the need to incorporate public health measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In the wake of recent deadly winter storms and tornadoes and as the hurricane and wildfire seasons approach, what have we learned about responding to disasters during a pandemic that could be applied to the coming year? What do we still need to know? Join the National Academies’ Geographical Sciences Committee for a conversation with researchers and decision- and policy-makers about what a year of responding to disasters during a pandemic has taught us and what problems we are still trying to solve.