Local nonprofits play a key role in recovery from disasters – while also having to get back on their own feet
- Written by Joy Semien, Research Assistant at the Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University
In mid-2018, nearly a year after Hurricane Harvey, this church's gym in Texas was still serving as a warehouse for donated goods.Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesWhen hurricanes, floods and other kinds of disasters throttle a community, people from all over often rush to give those in need money, bottled water, diapers and...