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 ...

Scientists have discovered that many flood maps may underestimate serious risks due to hidden changes in river channels.

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Tennessee Technological University have created a 2D, open-source flood inundation model designed for a ...

Researchers have developed a new simulation model, which can predict flooding during an ongoing disaster more quickly and accurately than currently possible. A new simulation model that can predict ...

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When a storm is barreling in from the Gulf, which neighborhoods would be most likely to flood and at what depths? And can that be predicted quickly with affordable technology? A team of LSU scientists ...

Four teens won $50,000 and first place at this year's The Earth Prize competition. The Earth Prize is the world's largest environmental competition for teens. The winners hope their invention will one ...

The app was created to make drought and flood data easily accessible and understandable to Missouri residents.

A surge of community concern over flood mapping in Logan has hit state parliament with more than 4200 people calling for intervention.

From her bedroom in the attic of a historic Petworth row house, Mikki Carlton can hear every storm. In the fall of 2021, when the wind screamed through the rafters and the rain pounded the roof, she ...