
Colleen Hagerty
Multimedia Journalist at Freelance
Disaster-focused freelance journalist. Previously @bbcworld @nowthis @ny1 Subscribe to my newsletter, My World's on Fire👇
Articles
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1 month ago |
sierraclub.org | Colleen Hagerty |Alisha Jucevic
This is part one of a yearlong following three households impacted by the January 2025 Eaton Fire in Los Angeles. The diverse stories of these neighbors—who lived only blocks away from one another—offer an intimate glimpse into the complexities of disaster recovery and the decisions that must be made long after the breaking news. When Donny Kincey evacuated his parents’ house in Altadena, California, flames were pouring down the mountains behind him like liquid.
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Mar 4, 2025 |
sierraclub.org | Colleen Hagerty
As wildfires burned across Los Angeles in early January, nearly 200,000 people were put under evacuation orders. In the weeks since, these residents have slowly started returning, some to properties that were lost to the fires and others to structures that seemed to be untouched but where less visible threats lurk. That includes potential contaminants coursing through the water pipes beneath their feet, which can incur fire damage that takes days, if not weeks, to address.
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Feb 24, 2025 |
rollingstone.com | Colleen Hagerty
February 24, 2025 FEMA Urban Search and Rescue work with LA County Fire Fighters in Altadena in January.
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Feb 24, 2025 |
yahoo.com | Colleen Hagerty
After Hurricane Helene ripped through North Carolina, Francesca got to work. As an employee for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, she was deployed to the state for a month to coordinate aid for impacted residents, which included feeding families and sharing information at community events. From the start, her work was more challenging than usual.
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Jan 24, 2025 |
heatmap.news | Colleen Hagerty
Two weeks after two of California’s most destructive wildfires on record sparked on the same day in Los Angeles, tens of thousands of displaced residents are taking the first steps of their recovery processes. Officials have started lifting evacuation orders for both the Eaton and Palisades fires, allowing families to return to their properties for the first time.
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