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Hurricane Katrina

Aerial view of flooding in around Houston, Texas.
Posted inScience Updates

Forecasting Compound Floods in Complex Coastal Regions

by Saeed Moghimi, Edward Myers, Shachak Pe’eri, Y. Joseph Zhang and Fei Ye 16 November 202127 October 2022

Coastal communities face more frequent floods in which rain, rivers, and ocean storm surge combine forces. A reliable system that accurately predicts inundation from these events is urgently needed.

A dredge works through the night to clear shoaling along the Mississippi River at New Orleans.
Posted inFeatures

High Water: Prolonged Flooding on the Deltaic Mississippi River

by N. M. Gasparini and B. Yuill 20 March 202027 October 2022

Changing climate and land use practices are bringing extended periods of high water to the lower Mississippi River. New management practices are needed to protect people, industry, and the land.

Flooding in Colfax, Iowa, in August 2010.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Calculating the Risk of Rare Floods

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.

Posted inNews

Does U.S. Hurricane Rating Scale Get the Danger Right?

by JoAnna Wendel 28 August 201527 October 2022

Some scientists think it's time to retire the Saffir-Simpson scale and start fresh.

Posted inOpinions

Ten Years After Katrina: What Have We Learned?

by T. H. Dixon 27 August 20151 November 2021

One mitigation strategy—relocating people and sensitive infrastructure to higher ground—eventually will need to be considered as sea level rise accelerates.

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