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Freely Available Risk Model for Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones

June 27, 2023 —As human-driven climate change amplifies natural disasters, hurricanes and typhoons stand to increase in intensity. Until now, there existed very few freely available computer models designed to estimate the economic costs of such events, but a team of researchers has recently announced the ...

Trees in Areas Prone to Hurricanes Have Strong Ability to Survive Even After Severe Damage

Apr. 11, 2023 —The island of Dominica took a direct hit from Category 5 Hurricane Maria. Nine months afterward, researchers found that while 89% percent of trees located in nine previously documented forest stands were damaged, but only 10 percent had immediately ...

AI Could Set a New Bar for Designing Hurricane-Resistant Buildings

Mar. 30, 2023 —Being able to withstand hurricane-force winds is the key to a long life for many buildings on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast of the U.S. Determining the right level of winds to design for is tricky business, but support from artificial intelligence may offer a simple ...

East Coast, US, Landslide Impacts from Puerto Rico to Vermont and in Between

Mar. 15, 2023 —In the U.S., we may often think of landslides as primarily a West Coast problem, mostly plaguing the mountainous terrain of California, Oregon, and Washington. New research highlights the major impacts of landslides on the U.S. East Coast and what ...

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One Is Bad Enough: Climate Change Raises the Threat of Back-to-Back Hurricanes

Feb. 27, 2023 —Driven by a combination of rising sea levels and climate change, destructive hurricanes and tropical storms could become far more likely to hit ...

Endangered Bahamas Bird May Be Lost from Island Following Hurricane

Feb. 8, 2023 —The endangered Bahama Warbler may be surviving on just one island following Hurricane Dorian's devastation in 2019, according to researchers. A new study shows the bird's distribution and ecology on ...

Using Machine Learning to Help Monitor Climate-Induced Hazards

Jan. 12, 2023 —Combining satellite technology with machine learning may allow scientists to better track and prepare for climate-induced natural hazards, according to new ...

Climate Risk Insurance Can Effectively Mitigate Economic Losses

Jan. 4, 2023 —Global warming is expected to lead to an accumulation of particularly intense hurricanes in the United States. This may substantially increase the economic losses caused by these storms. Better ...

Cyclone Researchers: Warming Climate Means More and Stronger Atlantic Tropical Storms

Jan. 4, 2023 —Tropical cyclone researchers report a warming climate could increase the number of tropical cyclones and their intensity in the North Atlantic, ...

Loon Stratospheric Balloons Confirm Wind Data from Aeolus

Dec. 20, 2022 —ESA's novel Aeolus satellite reliably measures wind speed also in higher air layers and thus in a region of the atmosphere where other direct global wind measurements are relatively sparse. This is ...

Americans Flocking to Fire: National Migration Study

Dec. 8, 2022 —美国人留下的许多美国县嗨t hardest by hurricanes and heatwaves -- and moving towards dangerous wildfires and warmer temperatures, says one of the largest studies of U.S. ...

Coupled Computer Modeling Can Help More Accurately Predict Coastal Flooding, Study Demonstrates

Dec. 7, 2022 —Researchers used a unique coupled computer modeling approach to accurately recreate the coastal flooding that occurred during Hurricane Florence, ...

Hurricane's Effects Killed Sturgeon in Apalachicola River

Dec. 6, 2022 —As hurricane Michael churned through the Gulf of Mexico to make landfall near Florida's Apalachicola River in 2018, it left a sea of destruction in its wake. The path was easy to follow on land, but ...

When Cyclones and Fires Collide...

Nov. 28, 2022 —As strong winds and torrential rains inundate Australia's south-eastern coast, new research suggests that high intensity bushfires might not be too far behind, with their dual effects extending ...

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Tropical Cyclones on the Rise in Low And Middle Income Countries Yet Remain Least Studied of Climate-Related Events

Nov. 30, 2022 —A new article illustrates the increases in adverse public health outcomes following tropical cyclones, especially in communities with existing health conditions. The paper explains that the focus ...

Tropical Cyclones Act as 'Massive Heat Pumps' That Fuel Extreme Heat

Nov. 8, 2022 —Extreme heat often follows tropical cyclones, which can complicate disaster recovery even further, researchers have ...

Waikiki Beach Studies Reveal Complex Drivers of Changing Shoreline

Nov. 3, 2022 —The Royal Hawaiian Beach in Waikiki is a popular beach at the center of Hawai'i's tourism hub, with a valuation of $2.2 billion, according to a 2016 study. Two recently published studies ...

Double Trouble When 2 Disasters Strike Electrical Transmission Infrastructure

Oct. 21, 2022 —One natural disaster can knock out electric service to millions. A new study suggests that back-to-back disasters could cause catastrophic damage, but the research also identifies new ways to monitor ...

Economic Losses from Hurricanes Become Too Big to Be Offset by the US If Warming Continues

Oct. 17, 2022 —Hurricane damages can increase due to increasing global temperatures, caused by greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. Computer simulations of regional economic sectors and supply chains in the ...

Land in a Cyclone's Wake Becomes More Vulnerable to Forest Fires

Oct. 13, 2022 —The strong winds and torrential rains that accompany a cyclone do tremendous damage to ecosystems, and this damage can make them more prone to future wildfires. As intense cyclones are projected to ...

Hundreds of Hospitals on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts at Risk of Flooding from Hurricanes

Sep. 29, 2022 —A new study systematically investigates flooding risk to hospitals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts from Category 1-4 storms and finds that even relatively weak storms pose a serious flood risk to ...

Powerful Hurricanes Get Second Wind in Europe

Sep. 26, 2022 —Stronger hurricanes that are reenergised by jet stream winds are twice as likely to cross the Atlantic and wreak havoc in Europe than weaker ones, new research has ...

Climate Models Unreliable in Predicting Wave Damage to Coral Reefs

Sep. 21, 2022 —A new study finds that climate models are unreliable when it comes to predicting the damage that tropical cyclones will do to sensitive coral ...

COVID-19 Amplified Hardship for Many Harvey Victims

Sep. 13, 2022 —A study shows the economic and mental health consequences on victims of Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19 were ...

Climate Change Exacerbated Hurricane Harvey's Flood Damage, Hitting Low-Income and Latinx Neighborhoods Disproportionately Harder

Aug. 25, 2022 —New research shows that if it were not for the impact of climate change, up to 50 percent of residences in Houston's Harris County would likely not have been flooded by Hurricane Harvey five ...