When severe weather strikes, the National Weather Service's (NWS) Office of Water Prediction (OWP) makes critical flood ...

In a new study, University of Rhode Island Ph.D. graduate Kyle McElroy and Marine Affairs Professor Austin Becker explore the role of data and biases, as well as the challenges and decision-making ...

University of Galway-based research team win Digital for Resilience challenge with cutting edge flood warning system ...

Nearly three months after hurricanes Helene and Milton delivered record flood and storm surge levels to cities in Florida, the state has accepted a public loss model that FIU helped design to assess ...

The 2,175-mile system of interconnected, man-made canals crisscrossing Florida, from Orlando to the Keys, has a particularly important role when a hurricane happens to be pinwheeling toward the ...

University of Melbourne PHD student Niels Fraehr, alongside Professor Q J Wang, Dr Wenyan Wu and Professor Rory Nathan, from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, developed the ...

The view from a nearly 40-foot hill in the northwest exurb of Hockley gives a glimpse into the future for one of the Houston area's top-selling real estate markets. Standing atop the hill bifurcating ...

In an effort to better understand flood behaviour in one of the wettest parts of Australia, scientists have turned the region's river system into a virtual model. The CSIRO has mapped the Richmond ...

A south-east Queensland council has commissioned an independent review of its flood zone mapping modelling after receiving thousands of complaints about the plan. The Logan City Council's flood map ...

Office of Water Prediction (OWP) makes critical flood forecasts with the National Water Model. Despite improvements over time, the model’s performance has plateaued in recent years, leaving ...