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Tourists Flocking to Avalanche Wreckage Leaves Some Residents Coldnew

Espen Rotevatn is grateful he can still go to his undamaged home, just below 11 others destroyed by last month’s avalanche, at the end of the day. He just wishes visitors weren’t there with cameras expecting him to play the role of tour guide.

Icepeople | Mark Sabbatini | 02-01-2016 | Disasters

Donations for Wildfire Relief Went to Plug Tourismnew

In early 2014, the Red Cross gave $50,000 of money designated to help with 2012 Colorado wildfires to the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau. The grant first came to light in late October, when $10,000 of it was used to pay for a Manitou fireworks display.

Colorado Springs Independent | Robert Meyerowitz | 11-20-2014 | Disasters

Tags: Red Cross, Waldo Canyon fire, Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce

On the Path of the Tornadonew

Surveying the damage in Mayflower and Vilonia, Ark.

Arkansas Times | David Koon | 05-02-2014 | Disasters

Into the Firenew

Residents of Pfeiffer Ridge in Big Sur woke just before midnight Sunday to a wall of flames. Within hours, more than 20 homes—including those of Martha Karstens, chief of the Big Sur Volunteer Fire Brigade—were destroyed.

Monterey County Weekly | David Schmalz and Mark C. Anderson | 12-20-2013 | Disasters

Reporter's Notebook:Life in the Philippines, Post-Typhoonnew

Monterey County Weekly reporter Arvin Temkar was in the Philippines when Typhoon Haiyan hit. He writes about the experience of life for the average Filipino post-typhoon, and how people are existing with a mixture of resiliancy and despair.

Monterey County Weekly | Arvin Temkar | 11-20-2013 | Disasters

Tags: Philippines, typhoon