NASA Peers Into Hurricane Barbara’s Heavy Rainfall
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the storm and measured the rate in which rain was falling throughout it. The GPM core satellite passed over…
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Floods in USA
It Takes Years to Fully Recover From Big Storms Like Sandy
The 2012 hurricane widely known as Superstorm Sandy left at least an estimated 325,000 New Jersey homes damaged or destroyed. Nearly seven years later, many of the New Jersey residents…
USA – Coastal Communities Face $400 Billion in Seawall Costs by 2040 Says Study
A new study claims that sea-level rises in the United States will require the construction of more than 50,000 miles (80,000km) of coastal barriers in 22 states by 2040, a…
Mental Stress on Rise as Coastal Towns Confront Surging Climate Threats
NEW YORK, June 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When community leaders in the town of Piermont, just north of New York City, ask residents, “How long do you want to…
Virtual Reality Helps Scare Residents to Flee Looming Storms, Research Says
NEW YORK, June 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Virtual reality simulations work better than traditional alerts in motivating people to evacuate ahead of hurricanes, research said on Friday, part of…
USA – Stop Building on Floodplains, Say Flood-Hit Families
NEW YORK, June 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Victims of worsening floods linked to climate change plan to “bombard” U.S. lawmakers with videos and postcards showing the human toll of…
Mexico and USA – Floods Hit Texas and Tamaulipas After 30cm of Rain in 4 Hours
A violent storm hit border areas between Tamaulipas State, Mexico and Texas, USA, from 24 June 2019, bringing lightning strikes, strong winds and torrential rain. More than 12 inches (300mm)…
The Economic Cost of Devastating Hurricanes and Other Extreme Weather Events Is Even Worse Than We Thought
The economic cost of devastating hurricanes and other extreme weather events is even worse than we thought, writes Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University for The Conversation. June marks the official…
Coral Reefs Provide Flood Protection Worth $1.8 Billion Every Year – It’s Time to Protect Them
Coral reefs provide flood protection worth $1.8 billion every year – it’s time to protect them, writes Michael Beck, University of California, Santa Cruz, for The Conversation. The news is…
Climate Change Is Driving Rapid Shifts Between High and Low Water Levels on the Great Lakes
The North American Great Lakes contain about one-fifth of the world’s surface fresh water. In May, new high water level records were set on Lakes Erie and Superior, and there…
Impacts From Extreme Weather Shape Climate Beliefs
New study finds that how our community or neighborhood fares in an extreme storm or flood may have a stronger, more lasting effect on climate beliefs than individual losses do.…
USA – Flash Floods After Torrential Rain in South
At least 4 people have died after storms and heavy rainfall swept across southern and south eastern states in the USA from 05 June, 2019. In North Carolina, Catawba County…
Oklahoma and Arkansas – Evacuations as Rivers Approach Record Levels
The storm system that swept through southern and central USA from 20 May, 2019 has caused rivers to rise dramatically, prompting evacuations in Oklahoma and Arkansas. Major flooding had already…
USA – Storms Bring Flash Flooding to Oklahoma and Missouri
A dangerous storm system in South and Midwest USA has produced dozens of tornadoes, strong winds, hail and heavy rain since Monday 20 May, 2019. The states of Oklahoma, Kansas,…
USA – Researchers Find Patterns Associated with Extreme Floods
Extreme floods across the continental United States are associated with four broad atmospheric patterns, a machine-learning based analysis of extreme floods found. Researchers analyzed relatively rare floods in the United…
USA – Storm Water Banking Could Help Texas Manage Floods and Droughts
Massive, destructive floods such as those caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 are a stark reality in Texas, but so are prolonged ground-cracking droughts. In a perfect world, there would…
