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It’s Hurricane Preparedness Week, and communities aren't ready for both coronavirus and a disaster

  • Written by Mark Abkowitz, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Environmental Management Studies, Vanderbilt University
It's hard to avoid close contact during a hurricane evacuation and recovery.Mehdi Taamallah/AFP/Getty Images

Hurricane season is only weeks away, and many communities are only now considering how to handle a large-scale disaster on top of the coronavirus pandemic.

Forecasters are warning of a more active than usual Atlantic hurricane season, which...

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