U.S. disaster response system is no match, as climate change leads to more extreme calamities, report says

The report says the most vulnerable communities often are the hardest-hit. It says disaster funding needs to be distributed faster and more equitably. Denise Diaz of Central Florida Jobs With Justice says rebuilding shouldn’t mean putting things back the way they were. She says communities need to be more resilient for future storms. 

“It just feels like this constant cycle that we’re in, as treating it as we’re experiencing this storm for the first time, with government and communities. And it’s just really heart-breaking to see how that impacts communities that are going through it.”