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Sea-Level Rise Threatens Thousands of Hazardous Sites With Flood Risk
If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil, and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the ...
Forest Clearing Causes 18x More Floods and 105% Bigger Storms: Study
Clear-cutting forests doesn't just raise flood risk — it can supercharge it. The process of clearing all of the trees in an area can make catastrophic floods 18 times more frequent with effects ...
Complex Mix of Nat Cat Exposures Drive Rising Insurance Costs in Texas: Triple-I
In the aftermath of devastating flooding in Texas Hill Country earlier this month, the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) published an analysis of the property/casualty insurance landscape in ...
As New Orleans Sinks, So Do Its $15B Flood Defenses: Study
Parts of New Orleans and its surrounding wetlands are gradually sinking, according to a new study from Tulane University, suggesting sections of the region's $15 billion post-Katrina flood protection ...
Spring Outlook Forecasts Continued Drought for the West: NOAA
Drought conditions are expected to continue in the Rocky Mountains, Southwest and southern Plains, according to NOAA's Spring Outlook. Forecasters at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center predict ...
Climate Risks Threaten Trillions of Dollars in Real Estate: Study
New analysis by online real estate site Zillow highlights how climate change affects real estate across the U.S., with trillions of dollars' worth of real estate facing damage from flood, fire or ...
New Map Shows the Rise and Fall of California’s Coast
In a new California case study, NASA-led researchers highlight how modest vertical land motion can significantly impact local sea levels in the future. Amounting to just fractions of inches per year ...
Moody’s: Rising Flood Risks Posing Greater Challenges for Eastern and Southern U.S.
Flood risk is rising across the Eastern and Southern states from extreme rainfall, hurricanes and sea-level rise, according to a new report by Moody's Ratings.
New App Tracked Coastal Flooding During Hurricane Helene
A web-based application that gathers crowdsourced data to identify flooding in coastal communities went live days before Hurricane Helene struck, allowing scientists to collect essential data during ...