Top Disaster Stories From SEJournal
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Updated January 2026
SEJ News
TipSheets
- Dam Safety Firings Leave Downstream Residents at Risk
- When Disasters Hit, Nursing Homes Can Be Disasters Waiting To Happen
- Will Your Local Dam Turn Deadly in the Next Big Storm?
- Is Your Community Ready for Tornadoes? Are You?
- New HeatRisk Data Site Helps Warn on Health Threats
- Drainage Infrastructure Leads to Wet Basement Stories
- Do Home Buyers Have a Right to Flood Risk Disclosure?
- Home Insurance Likely To Be a 2024 Climate Story Near You
- Dangerous Inland Flooding in Reporters’ Forecast
- When Extreme Weather Amplifies Hazardous Waste Threats
- Finding the Secret Rail Hazmat Routes Near You
- Keeping Up With Victims Displaced by Climate Disasters
- Ready for Climate Change-Induced Grid Blackouts Along With Heat Waves?
Toolboxes
- Trump Tries (and Fails) To Disappear Climate Disaster Data
- Database of Flood Events Helps Cover Catastrophes, Past or Present
- As One Door Shuts on Climate Risk Data, News Outlet Opens Another
- New-Look Landslide Risk Database Captures Potential Human Costs
- Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events
- Here’s Your Handy Doomsday Dataviz Dashboard
- Coming Your Way by Rail Today — A Hazmat Rogues’ Gallery
- Hazmat Highway Routes Key to Keeping Public Safe
- Outfit Your News Kit With Disaster Resilience Resources
- Storm Surge Maps Help Envision Potential Hurricane Flood Catastrophes
- Grid Data Can Guide Reporting on Power Disasters
- CAMEO Software Can Help Journalists Cover Chemical Disasters
Backgrounders
- Coastal Flooding Challenges Cities Around the U.S.
- Chemical Safety Board May Have Finally Cleaned Its Slate. What Now?
- Rockets and Bombs and Chemicals — The Environmental Horrors of War
- Climate Resiliency — When a Disaster Becomes a Cascade
Features
- Chemical Plants, Terrorism and Regulations May Be Back on the Agenda
- Disabilities and Disasters — What Questions Should You Be Asking Planners?
- Storm Warning — How To Prepare for Weather Disaster Reporting
- Reporters Reveal True Toll From Texas Winter Storm, Outages
Voices of Environmental Justice
- To Cover Climate Equity Well, Journalists Must Maintain Mental Health
- The Community We’ve Long Ignored
EJ InSight
- Can a City on Fire Be Photographed? Yes, Says One Photojournalist
- Capturing the Invisible — Photographing Extreme Heat Waves
Inside Story
WatchDogs
- Wildfire DisInformation Becomes a State Weapon, Aided by AI
- The 9/11 Legacy — Fear Drew Curtain Over Environmental Information
- A Chance To Widen Public Information About Chemical Hazards
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