Tag: Flooding
Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters –...
Andrew J. Hoffman, University of Michigan
Home insurance rates are rising in the United States, not only in Florida,...
Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are...
Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, University of Colorado Boulder
As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people...
Health risks are growing in mountain areas flooded by Hurricane Helene...
Jennifer Horney, University of Delaware
Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of...
Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving...
Brianna Rick, University of Alaska Anchorage
In August 2023, residents of Juneau, Alaska, watched as the Mendenhall River swelled...
Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is...
Chad Hecht, University of California, San Diego
To get a sense of the enormous amount of water atmospheric rivers...
How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts...
Andrew Fisher, University of California, Santa Cruz
California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that...
2022’s US climate disasters, from storms and floods to heat waves...
Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton
The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and...
Dreaming of beachfront real estate? Much of Florida’s coast is at...
Zhong-Ren Peng, University of Florida
Back-to-back hurricanes left an unnerving scene on the Florida coast in November 2022: Several...
EXPLORING NATURE
3 years after the Marshall Fire: Wildfire smoke’s health risks can...
Colleen E. Reid, University of Colorado Boulder
Three years ago, on Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through...
