As Hurricane Florence is expected to pound the Carolinas with significant flooding, an insurance expert explains how the program designed to help the millions affected recover.
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Articles sur Hurricanes
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How do experts know when and where the next big hurricane is going to hit? A look at the complicated science of forecasting.
When a dam comes down this fall, a team of scientists will be there to track the environmental changes.
Warning Syrians of approaching airstrikes via social media is helping save lives.
Hurricane Harvey swamped much of Houston in 2017, causing more damage than all other US hurricanes except Katrina. But now the city is authorizing construction in zones at high risk for flooding.
In the wake of two hurricanes in the Turks and Caicos Islands, researchers document for the first time that catastrophic storms can be agents of natural selection, influencing how species evolve.
Many factors can influence people to evacuate or stay in place when disasters threaten. New research using Facebook posts suggests that people with broad social networks are more apt to move.
Large-scale emergencies can be a strain, even in one of the world’s richest countries. Population growth, income inequality and fragile supply chains may make the problem worse.
A survey shows that most Puerto Ricans didn’t highly rate the official information coming out of the island. With the Institute of Statistics in trouble, the situation is likely not to improve.
The 2018 hurricane season starts on June 1, with some communities still recovering from 2017 storms. Scholars offer insights about where the risks lie and who is most vulnerable during and after hurricanes.
Official reports state that just 64 people died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. The latest estimates put the real number at 4,645. How did the count go so wrong?
New research suggests politics and risk perception may explain why the US and Caribbean see climate change so differently, though both places are ever more vulnerable to powerful hurricanes.
A survey of recent global trends in temperature and rainfall – and a lesson for Mr Trump on the difference between weather and climate.
The governor of Puerto Rico has ordered a recount of the official death toll for Hurricane Maria. The real number is likely higher by the hundreds. What happened?
Climate change is raising global sea levels. Now research shows that ‘hot spots’ where seas rise another 4 to 5 inches in five years can occur along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, further magnifying floods.
2017 brought wild, wacky and even deadly weather. Australia was hit by heatwaves and torrential rains, plus some surprisingly cool spells. Hurricanes hit America, and a killer monsoon lashed Asia.
By 2050, climate change impacts such as storms and drought could displace up to 300 million people worldwide. Nations should recognize ‘climate migrants’ and make plans for aiding and resettling them.
A meteorologist and a music technologist team up to turn the data from tropical storms into musical graphs.
Stand by for drones, robots and sensors to the rescue.
Five years after Superstorm Sandy, we see how disadvantaged social groups suffered more from the storm before and after – much as we’re seeing in Hurricanes Harvey and Maria.
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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
