Fresh guidance on managing environmental risks and relocation efforts along the US Gulf Coast is being given by top hazard mitigation experts less than one month after Winter Storm Finn triggered tornado warnings throughout the entire region.
The most exciting new coastal storm tracking tool in the entire country is attracting considerable attention from a main branch of our military.
One of the biggest minority-serving schools in the United States has partnered with the Coastal Resilience Center to combat infrastructure erosion as it affects shoreside settlements.
A storied school situated near the center of a city named after royalty was just bestowed a boon fit for a queen. Federal funds have been handed to Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte as part of a scholastic advancement package administered by the Department of Homeland Security.
New York City College of Technology joined other minority-serving institutions late last month in curating federally sponsored summer research opportunities.
Dr. Siyu Yu was notified earlier this month of her newfound fellowship status with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
One of the most advanced storm impact forecasting systems got put through its paces earlier this week in a state often saturated by flash floods. That system sports a long name and an even longer history.
Climatologists across the country are fixing their eyes on the horizon as hurricane season commences. One of those weather experts sees something personal in that particular view.
Dr. Austin Becker was elected earlier this week to receive the Advanced Career Faculty Research and Scholarship Excellence Award at the University of Rhode Island.
Assorted action plans on the books of communities across the country are often so compartmentalized that coordinators struggle to connect them. This problem stymies regional resilience by dividing efforts and resources that are more useful when unified.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently touted updates to their Hazus software and Flood Hazard Import Tool (FHIT) during a special event.
Communities deserve a chance to bounce back from natural disasters in a big, green way. That’s why our researchers just published a new guide on how to put certain types of land to use after catastrophes.
On March 31, 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) hosted a webinar to announce and showcase updates to their Hazus software, including the new Flood Hazard Import Tool (FHIT).
With support from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), lead author Dr. Sandra K. Knight, President of WaterWonks LLC, has released a new report in partnership with the Coastal Resilience Center, Evaluating Hydroanalytic Information.
This past summer, Coastal Resilience Center researchers formed unique partnerships to investigate faster and more accurate ways to model hurricanes, as well as a tool to track the well-being of those experiencing those storms first-hand.
The City of Norfolk (Va.), one of two pilot communities working with researchers from a Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (CRC) project, has begun formally adopting the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard at the center of the project.