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Articles on Hurricanes
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Hurricanes Michael and Florence have knocked power out for millions of people. Burying power lines could help but the costs are high.
Coastal development is destroying marshes, mangroves and other wetlands that provide valuable protection from hurricanes and storms. Research shows these benefits can be worth millions of dollars.
Hurricanes frequently move inland in the southeast US, causing widespread river flooding, but emergency plans focus on protecting people in coastal communities.
A peaceful society requires us to trust our public institutions, but in order to do so, we must question them. Questions are a healthy and necessary response to a world filled with uncertainty.
Donations to relief efforts tend to dry up within a few months.
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, forever changing the lives of the children who survived. Their stories can help Puerto Rico identify and aid the kids most traumatized by Hurricane Maria.
The damage to coal ash sites from Hurricane Florence demonstrates how a community’s vulnerability to natural disasters is closely linked to how stringent environmental regulations are.
AI can definitely help us monitor floods and could perhaps even deliver more accurate early-warning messages in the near future.
As Trump fumes about the Hurricane Maria death toll, it’s clear that politics and political considerations often play an important role in how death toll estimates are communicated to the public.
An ‘ex-hurricane’ will hit the UK and Ireland for the second consecutive year.
A hurricane evacuation researcher in South Carolina explains why evacuating when the sun’s out actually makes sense.
Widespread flooding in North Carolina from Hurricane Florence shows the need for better advance planning in inland areas of the south and mid-Atlantic, especially near rivers.
How do the narrow ribbons of sand that line the Atlantic and Gulf coasts withstand the force of hurricanes? The answer lies in their shape-shifting abilities.
Lessons learned from Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and the Fukushima disaster in 2011 have changed how utilities brace for big storms.
Thousands died after Hurricane Maria, but it did not have to be that way. Early evidence should have led the government to a much stronger response.
Don’t believe the skeptics or the conspiracy theorists: Weather forecasters can’t slant hurricane warnings to make political points.
If you would like to assist from afar, let the professionals procure goods and services.
Many factors can influence people to evacuate or stay in place when disasters loom. Research using Facebook posts suggests that people with broad social networks are more apt to get moving.
Hurricanes in the southern US have caused widespread damage inland in recent decades, mainly through river flooding. But evacuations and stormproofing focus almost entirely on keeping people safe on the coasts.
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Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus of Geography, Louisiana State University
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
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Professor of Civil Engineering and Director of the Beaty Water Research Centre, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and Demography, Penn State
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science and Colorado State Climatologist, Colorado State University
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience & Research Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Postdoctoral research associate, The University of Edinburgh
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PhD Candidate in Political Science and International Relations, Queen's University, Ontario
