1、 Updated July 2024 For more information regarding this report,please visit the SIA Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Webpage HERE Further reference materials:SIA Public Safety Policy Webpage,click HERE SIA First Responders Guide for Satellite Communications,click HERE Prepared By:NATURAL DISAST

2、ERS-SATELLITES TO THE RESCUE Satellites Play a Critical Role in Saving Lives and Providing Critical Services Before and After a Natural Disaster Satellites to the Rescue For 60 years,satellites have been helping save lives by sup-porting improved hurricane,tropical storm and other severe weather for

3、ecasting,preparation,search,rescue and recovery services as well as everyday utilities that be-come critically vital to citizens when a disaster strikes.WHEN NATURAL DISASTERS STRIKE Due to Recent Leaps in Innovation,Satellites are Providing More Data to Forecasters,Emergency Planners and Responders

4、 than Ev-er Before.Satellites are Playing an Increasingly Critical Role in Saving Lives and Providing Services Before,During and After Weather Related Disasters Such as Hurricanes or Wildfires Since 2005,41 Atlantic hurricanes have hit the U.S.,causing more than 2,100 casualties and damage estimated

5、 in the hundreds of billions of dollars.In Sept 2022,hurricanes destroyed much of Fort Myers Beach and severely damaged Daytona Beach Shores.Two years earlier,a record-breaking 30 named cyclones and 12 storms made landfall in the continental U.S.The 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season began on Jun 1st an

6、d ends in Nov.(Above)Since Hurricane Katrina,28 U.S.States plus 2 U.S.Territo-ries and millions of Americans have been severely impacted by Atlantic hurricanes and tropical cyclones.Since 1983,the National Interagency Fire Center has documented an aver-age of approximately 70,000 U.S.wildfires per y