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Flooding in Colfax, Iowa, in August 2010.
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Calculating the Risk of Rare Floods

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 1 May 201927 October 2022

The first spatially realistic catalog of synthetic flood event risk across the entire United States uncovers high-risk areas and estimates the probability of another Katrina–level flood loss.

Explosion and pyroclastic flows at El Reventador volcano.
Posted inScience Updates

Ecuador’s El Reventador Volcano Continually Remakes Itself

by M. Almeida, H. E. Gaunt and P. Ramón 18 March 20192 May 2022

A research team from Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute keeps a close eye on an unusually active and unstable volcano in the nation’s remote jungles.

Hollin Hill Landslide Observatory, North Yorkshire, UK,
Posted inEditors' Vox

Downhill All The Way: Monitoring Landslides Using Geophysics

by J. Whiteley 21 February 20192 November 2021

Developments in geophysical methods used to monitor surface and subsurface changes prior to landslides can lead to improved prediction and early warning.

High water flow in the Brahmaputra River
Posted inScience Updates

When Floods Cross Borders, Satellite Data Can Help

by F. Hossain, M. Bonnema, N. Biswas, S. Ahmad, B. Duong and N. D. Luong 15 February 201910 March 2023

With so many eyes in the sky, residents living downstream from dams now have many ways to see—and prepare for—potential dangers.

Residents wade through flooded streets after Hurricane Maria
Posted inScience Updates

Advancing Climate Science and Response for Caribbean Islands

by K. A. Stephenson, T. S. Stephenson and A. Centella-Artola 25 January 201920 March 2023

Meeting of the Caribbean Climate Modelling Consortium; Kingston, Jamaica, 25 July 2018

Flood damage in Colorado
Posted inScience Updates

The Push Toward Local Flood Risk Assessment at a Global Scale

by A. J. Kettner, G. J.-P. Schumann and Beth Tellman 14 January 201923 January 2023

Flood Risk Workshop; Boulder, Colorado, 1–3 October 2018

A simulated tsunami traveling northwest across the Caribbean basin, in response to a hypothetical Mw 8.9 earthquake.
Posted inScience Updates

Nations Work Together to Size Up Caribbean Tsunami Hazards

by A. M. López-Venegas, S. E. Chacón-Barrantes, N. Zamora and J. Macías 4 October 20183 November 2022

An international collaboration is using historical records and modeling to assess tsunami potential in this high-risk region.

Collapsed building in the Xochimilco borough of Mexico City after the M7.1 Puebla earthquake on 19 September 2017.
Posted inFeatures

Lessons from Mexico’s Earthquake Early Warning System

by R. M. Allen, E. S. Cochran, T. J. Huggins, S. Miles and D. Otegui 17 September 20189 May 2023

The devastating 2017 Puebla quake provides an opportunity to assess how citizens perceive and use the Mexico City earthquake early warning system.

Posted inEditors' Vox

We Can Work It Out: Avoiding Disasters

by A. AghaKouchak and B. van der Pluijm 7 September 201827 October 2022

Strengthening societal resilience by focusing on the interactions between natural hazards, the built environment, and human societies.

A better definition of nuisance flooding could help communities prepare and respond to hazardous events.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Is a Nuisance Flood, Exactly?

by E. Underwood 20 August 20186 March 2023

A more precise definition could help cities and governments prepare and respond to hazards.

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