Commercial Flood Solution Protects Bahamian Brewery from Hurricane Flooding
In 2019, Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas as a Category 5 Atlantic storm. It was the strongest ever to strike the island nation. The catastrophic storm... Read More
Using Drones to Fight Floods
The dam failure disaster in Michigan in May of 2020, as horrendous as it was, is also a shining example of a new technology being... Read More
The Rapid City Flash Flood
Image: Aftermath of the flash flood of June 9-10, 1972, Rapid City, South Dakota. Photo: NOAA Rapid City, South Dakota was a medium-sized city of... Read More
Catastrophic Floods Strike New York and New Jersey
Image: Long Island Expressway in New York City shut down due to flash flooding from Post-Tropical Storm Ida’s landfall. Photo: Tommy Gao via Wikimedia Commons... Read More
Moon Wobble Means Flood Trouble
Photo: High tide sunny day flooding in Miami, Florida. (Photo credit: B137, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Many news outlets are reporting on a... Read More
The Mighty Gulf Stream Slows Down
Image: Graphic visualization map of Gulf Stream seen through sea surface temperature created by NOAA NESDIS. The mighty Gulf Stream is an invisible force that... Read More
Flood Panel Helps National Park Service Protect History
The frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events in recent years have exposed many of the country’s treasured historic buildings along the nation’s coasts and... Read More
Flood Protection for Hospitals
Photo: Rio Grande City, Texas, July 26, 2007 — FEMA Public Assistance Specialists Sheila Luster and and William Ciarelli inspect the Starr County Memorial Hospital... Read More
2020 Hurricane Season Smashes Records
GRAPHIC: The list of 30 named storms that had occurred during the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season as of November 24, 2020. The 2020 season surpassed... Read More
Eta Floods Florida After Very Wet ‘Dry Season’
Photo: Satellite imagery of Hurricane Eta. It was upgraded to a major hurricane by the National Hurricane Center on Monday, November 2, 2020. It was... Read More