States Aren’t Spending Enough on Mitigation Before Disasters Occur

Government Technology: States should spend more money on mitigation efforts — prior to disasters striking — instead of throwing money at a disaster after the fact. But the fact that states’ mitigation spending is generally not comprehensively tracked makes that even more of a challenge.

That is the main gist from a Pew report released Thursday. Even though research shows that taxpayers save an average of $6 for every $1 spent on mitigation, the bulk of disaster spending comes after the fact as evidenced by the more than $120 billion spent after 2017’s hurricanes and wildfires.

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