Disaster Response
From site assessments to recovery work, civil engineers play a crucial role in disaster response, ensuring that communities build back safer and more resilient.
![Heartbroken for home: Pehlivan, civil engineers grapple with tragic earthquakes in Turkey and Syria](jpg/2023_turkey_earthquake_damage%20web%20horiz2c9a.jpg)
For Menzer Pehlivan, the echoes of the 1999 earthquake that shaped her life ring loudly this week.
![Book explores the hidden ‘blessings’ of disasters](jpg/noaa-rxlx9yi0298-unsplash%20copy%20resizedfe97.jpg)
Ray Bert reviews Michel Bruneau’s “The Blessings of Disaster.”
![Why we must learn from disasters](jpg/hurricane%20idea%20satellite%20web%20feat077a.jpg)
In episode 132 of ASCE Plot Points, Michel Bruneau discusses his new book, the “Three Little Pigs” fable, and why we must find blessings in disasters.
![How to keep civil engineers safe at work, in the field](jpg/28%20safeguarding66c2.jpg)
Civil engineers face many potentially dangerous situations, from working at height to being around moving vehicles. Keeping them safe is a critical job.
![‘Never seen anything like it’ – ASCE leaders, engineers reckoning with Hurricane Ian](jpg/hurricane%20ian%20flooding%20web%20feat597d.jpg)
Nothing about this week in southwest Florida is normal.
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![Solving the water crisis in Jackson](jpg/jackson%20flood%202022%20web%20vertb943.jpg)
In episode 128 of ASCE Plot Points, Sarah McEwen and Shawn Miller share stories from the recent water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, as the city seeks a pathway toward resilience.
![Jackson, Mississippi, residents seek long-term solution to latest water crisis](jpg/jackson%20flood%202022%20web%20feata0a0.jpg)
Thousands of residents of Jackson, Mississippi, went days without safe drinking water following last week’s excessive rainfall that flooded the Pearl River and caused pumps to fail at a nearby water treatment plant.
![‘Redesigning for a better future’ work begins in aftermath of Kentucky flooding](jpg/kentucky%20flooding%20web%20feat5213.jpg)
It’s been a difficult 10 months in Kentucky, with the state besset by torandoes and flooding.
![How engineers combat conditions within the ‘red zone’ of global warming](jpg/46%20red%20zone6125.jpg)
As the world grows warmer, engineers strive to protect and preserve our threatened infrastructure from wildfires and heat waves.
![After a storm, send in the drones](jpg/24%20technologyd0ba.jpg)
Drones can provide sky-high views during storm search and rescue operations.