Utility companies are generally well-equipped to handle routine blackouts, but often struggle with extreme weather events like hurricanes. Conventional hurricane ...
Enormous amounts of sediment, or sand and mud, flowed through Houston waterways during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, due in part ...
When Hurricane Florence made landfall on North Carolina’s coast in 2018, it brought record rainfall causing catastrophic flooding and damages ...
Previous studies of hurricanes have shown general increases in mortality but little has been known about how mortality following hurricane ...
When Hurricane Michael made landfall in 2018 near Mexico Beach, it was the first time a Category 5 hurricane hit ...
The endangered Bahama Warbler may be surviving on just one island following Hurricane Dorian’s devastation in 2019, according to researchers ...
The National Science Foundation has awarded emergency funding to archaeologists at three institutions to survey cultural heritage sites damaged by ...
As Hurricane Fiona made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, 2022, some areas of ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE from the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TORONTO, ON – As the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico begins recovery ...
New research published today shows that if it were not for the impact of climate change, up to 50 percent ...
Before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, evacuation planners rarely considered the needs of carless and vulnerable populations – ...
US coastal zones have seen high historical and current development, making them especially vulnerable to sea level rise and hurricane ...
Irvine, Calif., June 16, 2022 – Repeated exposure to hurricanes, whether direct, indirect or media-based, is linked to adverse psychological ...
After sustaining seemingly catastrophic hurricane damage, a primordial groundcover vital to sustaining a multitude of coastal lifeforms bounced back to ...
Safe and uninterrupted road travel is crucial in the aftermath of storms so that people can access medical treatment, downed ...
In 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled after making landfall over coastal Texas, pouring down record rainfall, flooding communities and becoming one ...
When forecasting how storms may change in the future, it helps to know something about their past. Judging from historical ...
MIAMI—A recent survey of people recently affected by hurricanes across four states found that the public is willing to pay ...
