Hurricane Florence is set to hit the Carolinas with heavy rains and extensive damage expected from storm surges – which carry powerful rain and winds. According to the National Hurricane Center, a ...

Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina’s Outer Banks ...

ALL WEEK LONG. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HURRICANE IAN WAS JUST THREE YEARS AGO. IT DRAMATICALLY IMPACTED OUR COASTLINE, DAMAGING HOMES TO COASTAL EROSION. THE IMPACT ON COASTAL COMMUNITIES HAS BECOME ...

But storm surge forecasts at high resolution can be slow. As a coastal engineer, I study how storm surge and waves interact with natural and human-made features on the ocean floor and coast and ways ...

Hurricane Melissa is forecast to bring extreme, life-threatening storm surge to Jamaica when it strikes the island as a Category 4 or 5 hurricane on Tuesday. The storm surge will decimate parts of ...

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa is now a massive Category 5 storm as it nears Jamaica, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge. Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island ...

The former Hurricane Gabrielle is expected to bring heavy rain, high winds and a storm surge to the Azores islands despite forecasters downgrading the system This NOAA satellite image taken at 11:33 a ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as one of the most powerful landfalls in the Atlantic Basin since records began 174 years ago, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane made ...

Hurricane Melissa could bring 13 feet of storm surge to Jamaica. CNN’s Kate Bolduan uses a visualization to show what 10 feet of storm surge looks like.

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Navid Tahvildari's research on coastal flooding has been funded by NSF, NOAA, NASA, and DOT. Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any ...

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