Floods in USA
Regional Plan Association today released a study showing that parts of the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut metropolitan area are at risk of being permanently flooded by sea level…
On 06 December, Gov. John Bel Edwards released a statement on the disaster relief funding included in the Continuing Resolution (CR) released by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee. The government…
To better predict tropical cyclone intensity, scientists sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently worked with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
At century’s end, the number of summertime storms that produce extreme downpours could increase by more than 400 percent across parts of the United States — including sections of the…
As the Atlantic, eastern Pacific and central Pacific 2016 hurricane seasons end today, NOAA scientists said that all three regions saw above-normal seasons. For the Atlantic, this was the first…
Intense storms have become more frequent and longer-lasting in the Great Plains and Midwest in the last 35 years. What has fuelled these storms? The temperature difference between the Southern…
In our series A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction, about Low Impact Development (LID) and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), there are many examples of ways to encourage…
Five reasons why cutting NASA’s climate research would be a colossal mistake James Dyke, University of Southampton Will President Trump really slash funding of NASA’s “politicised” climate change science? It…
The first of NOAA’s highly advanced geostationary weather satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 19 November, 2016. The GOES-R is one of the most advanced weather satellites ever…
The Northeastern coast of the USA could be struck by more frequent and more powerful hurricanes in the future due to shifting weather patterns, according to new research. Hurricanes have…
A recent survey revealed that 48% of drivers in the UK would put themselves in danger by driving through flood water. The survey of members of the Automobile Association (AA),…
President Obama has declared a federal disaster as a result of the storms and floods in Iowa from 21 September to 03 October 2016. The declaration applies to 19 counties…
RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk management firm, estimates that insured losses for the U.S. from Hurricane Matthew will fall between $1.5 and $5 billion. In the Caribbean, RMS estimates…
Heavy overnight rain has caused flooding in parts of central Pennsylvania, including Lycoming, Sullivan and Centre counties. Officials at Centre County declared a disaster emergency for the county earlier today.…
Many people know that tropical cyclones and hurricanes cause high winds and storm surges. But two of their other effects, heavy rainfall and inland flooding, can be just as dangerous…
FAIRFIELD, Conn., Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Scores of flooded child care centers in North and South Carolina cannot tap official disaster recovery support, putting children’s safety and wellbeing at…
