More deaths have been reported as emergency officials carry out damage assessments after the devastating floods in Haywood County, North Carolina. Four people have now lost their lives in the…
As many as 35 people are reported missing or unaccounted for after flash floods in North Carolina brought by torrential rainfall from Tropical Storm ‘Fred’. Governor Roy Cooper issued a…
Buyer beware: single-family homes in floodplains – almost 4 million U.S. homes – are overvalued by nearly $44 billion collectively or $11,526 per house on average, according to a new…
Around 250mm (9 inches) of rain fell in 48 hours in parts of North Carolina, causing deadly flash flooding. The National Weather Service in Raleigh reported 249.43mm / 9.82 inches…
Tropical Cyclone Isaias strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, 03 August, prior to making landfall near Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina, USA. Since then, at least 6…
Coastal flooding events could threaten assets worth up to 20% of the global GDP by 2100, a study in Scientific Reports suggests. The areas predicted to be most impacted by…
Tropical cyclones – storms that bring strong, rotating winds and rain, and which can intensify into hurricanes or typhoons – affect coastal regions around the world. Our research team, centered…
Storm surge from Hurricane Dorian caused severe flooding on the Outer Banks, a group of barrier islands off the coast North Carolina, leaving hundreds of people trapped on the island…
At the time of writing, Dorian has been downgraded to a Category 2 storm and is currently tracking northward parallel to the US coast. Where Dorian decides to travel next…
LONDON, 3 September, 2019 − What are now considered once-in-a-hundred-years floods are on the increase in the US. Later this century, they could happen to northern coastal states every year.…
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…
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…
DURHAM, N.C. – A new Duke University-led study finds that the death of marsh plants due to disturbances like the heavy oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill can double…
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When flash floods tore through Ellicott City, Maryland, this spring, Governor Larry Hogan called it a “once-every-1,000-year” event – even though it was…
Residents are struggling with the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, a record-breaking storm that has hit the US east coast and led to at least 32 deaths, floods and damaged homes.…
At least 10 people have died in North Carolina after Hurricane Florence made landfall in the state on 14 September. Between 20 and 33 inches (500mm to 838mm) of rain…
