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    Taking on the challenge of mapping disaster areas during a national emergency

    Earlene K.P. Dowell, Special to Village News|Updated Jan 27, 2021

    For the first time in history, all 50 states were declared federal disaster areas due to COVID-19. At the same time, hurricanes, floods, wildfires and winter storms continued to hit communities already dealing with the pandemic. Communities were overwhelmed and so was the U.S. Census Bureau's award-winning OnTheMap for Emergency Management data tool, https://onthemap.ces.census.gov/em/. As each state becomes a disaster or emergency declaration area, real-time data on hurricane...