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theconversation.com > dealing-with-disasters-increasingly-requires-a-smartphone-losing-access-can-be-a-nightmare-but-there-are-ways-to-prepare-289847

Dealing with disasters increasingly requires a smartphone – losing access can be a nightmare, but there are ways to prepare

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (655+ words) In the span of a week in August 2026, powerful storms and deadly flooding knocked out power to a half-million people across the Midwest; Tropical Storm Lala cut power to thousands more in Hawaii amid dangerous wind and flooding; wildfires forced…...