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Researchers Hone Our Ability to Map Storm Flooding

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Researchers Hone Our Ability to Map Storm Flooding

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In major storms such as Hurricane Dorian, which initially posed grave threats to the southeastern United States before devastating the Bahamas, massive ...

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Researchers Identify Five Factors for Better Coastal Risk-Management Strategies

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Researchers Identify Five Factors for Better Coastal Risk-Management Strategies

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Decision-makers face choices about how to design risk management strategies to protect coastal populations from rising sea levels and storm surges. Finding a ...

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Midwest Towns Move to Avoid Flooding from Climate Change (Video)

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Midwest Towns Move to Avoid Flooding from Climate Change (Video)

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Climate change and atmospheric rivers are bringing flood water to people’s homes, devastating communities. Entire towns are moving to escape rising waters, ...

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How Can Technology from Video Games Bring Flood Risks to Life? (Video)

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How Can Technology from Video Games Bring Flood Risks to Life? (Video)

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Stantec’s 3D flood mapping technology provides a visual representation of potential flood impacts on a commercial neighborhood in Clive, Iowa If a picture is ...

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Scientists Develop Flood Prediction Model

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Scientists Develop Flood Prediction Model

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The duration of floods can be determined by river flow, precipitation, and atmospheric blocking. Now an international team of researchers led by Nasser Najibi ...

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Earth’s Freshwater Future: Extremes of Flood and Drought

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Earth’s Freshwater Future: Extremes of Flood and Drought

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NASA satellites are a prominent tool for accounting for water, as it constantly cycles from water vapor to rain and snow falling onto soils, and across and ...

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This Landscape Architect Transforms Sinking Cites into Landscapes that Fight Floods (Video)

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This Landscape Architect Transforms Sinking Cites into Landscapes that Fight Floods (Video)

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From London to Tokyo, climate change is causing cities to sink -- and our modern concrete infrastructure is making us even more vulnerable to severe flooding, ...

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Hearing to Focus on Preventing More Missouri River Flooding

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Hearing to Focus on Preventing More Missouri River Flooding

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This spring's massive flooding along the Missouri River unearthed bitter criticism of the federal agency that manages the river while devastating communities ...

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EPA Assessing Superfund Sites in Midwest Flood Zone

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EPA Assessing Superfund Sites in Midwest Flood Zone

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is assessing Superfund sites located in the Midwest flood zone, as weather and water levels allow. No releases ...

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