Black and Latino communities in the U.S. have long been burdened by the disproportionate impacts of climate change. Hurricane Fiona — which unleashed heavy rains, winds and mudslides on Puerto Rico — is no exception.
published in a journal for the American Sociological Association found that race-based wealth inequality increases with the cost of damages from natural hazards.
The study found that the way FEMA funding was being administered to counties experiencing hazards led to white residents increasing wealth, while Black, Latino and Asian populations lost it.to less hazard-prone areas after a hurricane, according to a 2016Hurricanes leave lasting scars by disrupting public health and health care delivery, according to Carlos Rodríguez-Díaz, a public health scientist and associate professor at George Washington University.
Hospitals shut down, and patients’ care is halted by power outages — a key issue in Puerto Rico following Maria.of medical supplies like saline solution, as well as damage to infrastructure like water and sewage systems — all of which deepens pre-existing health care inequities.
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