Tweets sent during last year’s massive flooding on Colorado’s Front Range were able to detail the scope of damage to the area’s infrastructure, according to a study by the University of Colo... Read more
Designed for a flood-prone area of Nigeria, this school would keep students in school even after the heaviest rains. Makoko is a water-logged settlement in Lagos, home to about 250,000 peopl... Read more
A brand new innovation in flood defence called the HydroSack is set to reinvent the way the nation protects itself from flooding. Until now, the only option for flood defence has been to use... Read more
A new app and Web site may make it easier to predict storm surges Researchers have had a notoriously difficult time predicting how much flooding a given area will experience in the wake of a... Read more
The researchers ran a total of 45,000 storm simulations As the Earth’s climate changes, the worst inundations from hurricanes and tropical storms could become far more common in... Read more
When the Stormbag is dry, it only weighs a pound. A small manufacturing operation in Paradise is getting national recognition. In the wake of Hurricane Irene, the founder of Stormtec was fea... Read more