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Coastal Flood: Rising Risk in New Orleans and Be...
As we come up on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, a lot of the focus is on New Orleans. But while New Orleans is far from being…
Rising Storm Surge Losses in the U.S. Northeast
A recent article in Nature Communications, picked up by the BBC, identified a record mean sea-level rise of 5” (127mm) along the coastline…
High Tides a Predictor for Storm Surge Risk
On February 21, 2015, locations along the Bristol Channel experienced their highest tides of the first quarter of the 21st century, which were…
What’s at risk as Super Typhoon Hagupit approach...
Only thirteen months since Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated parts of the Philippines, the region is again under threat from a large typhoon.…
New Storms, New Insights: Two Years After Hurric...
When people think about the power of hurricanes, they imagine strong winds and flying debris. Wind damage will always result from hurricanes,…
How is the 2014 North West Pacific Typhoon Seaso...
July’s Typhoon Matmo was the 10th named typhoon of 2014 and the 5th to make landfall in the West Pacific basin. Typhoons can occur throughout…