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Tag Archives: flood
Southeast Winds and Flooding from Continental Storms
A massive extratropical storm over the Midwest will bring strong southeast winds to New York Bight and the potential for widespread coastal flooding this Thursday and Friday. Sustained winds in the New York metro area will peak at 25-35 mph … Continue reading
Posted in security, water, weather
Tagged flood, forecast, harbor, Jamaica Bay, new jersey, New York, spring tide, storm surge
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Lessons on Containment for the Climate Pandemic
Climate change and COVID19 are similarly explosive problems, with similar dangers from missing the opportunity for containment. One silver lining is that the pandemic has led us to change our lives in some ways that could be made permanent, to simultaneously rein in climate change. Continue reading
Posted in climate, opinion, water
Tagged chronic, climate, containment, coronavirus, covid, emissions, exponential, flood, mitigation, New York City, nuisance, pandemic, sea level rise, sunny, tidal, tide
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A “new normal” or drowning by a million drops?
I was interviewed the other day on WNYC regarding flood events of the past few months — there is a concern that the three events that flooded some low-lying neighborhoods with roughly a foot of water signify a “new normal”, but … Continue reading
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Tagged 19-year, compaction, flood, Jamaica Bay, New York City, sea level rise, spring tide, storm surge, tide, WNYC
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Nor’easter Flood Intermission and the Coming Second Act
As things have paused between high tides, we have a sort of intermission in the coastal flood stresses impacting many of us. Water levels are on their way up again, and here’s an update on what happened and what I expect … Continue reading
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Tagged Davidson Laboratory, Delaware, ensemble, flood, Jonas, Maryland, new jersey, New York City, nor'easter, probability, Stevens Institute, storm surge
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Nor’easter “Jonas” Coastal Flood Forecast
A large full-moon tide will coincide with strong winds, snowfall, and a moderate 2-5 foot storm surge this weekend, leading to the possibility of coastal flooding across our region. The areas at most risk for major flooding are Virginia, Maryland, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, water, weather
Tagged Davidson Laboratory, Delaware, ensemble, flood, Jonas, Maryland, new jersey, New York City, nor'easter, probability, Stevens Institute, storm, surge, Virginia
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Hurricane Joaquin flood forecast interpretation
5pm EDT, October 1, 2015 [This is a cross-post from Stevens Institute’s Davidson Laboratory. It is a multi-contributor post summarizing our flood forecast products and interpretation] We are closely monitoring a weekend nor’easter and Hurricane Joaquin in the Caribbean, which could … Continue reading
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Tagged Davidson Laboratory, ensemble, flood, hurricane, Joaquin, new jersey, New York City, probability, Stevens Institute, storm, surge
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Increasing coincident surge and rain flooding
An important study was just published in the journal Nature Climate Change, on the topic of coincident rainfall and storm surge, termed “compound flooding”. We knew that storm surges and heavy rainfall events were both getting worse in some places, such … Continue reading
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Tagged bioswale, compound flooding, flood, green roof, Hoboken, Nature Climate Change, New York City, pump, rain, Red Hook, storm, surge, Wahl
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Living Growing Breakwaters and Building Community Resilience
We had great news a few weeks ago — our team was selected as a winner of the HUD Rebuild By Design competition, and New York State is being awarded $60 million to build out our project — Living, Growing Breakwaters off … Continue reading
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Tagged coastal, education, flood, hazard, Kate Orff, Living Growing Breakwaters, modeling, oyster, reef, resilience, risk, SCAPE, Staten Island, stepping down, storm, surge, Tottenville, urban, waves
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Increasing storm tides in New York Harbor, 1844–2013
We published a paper in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in May (paper, supporting information), and a very important yet simple result from the paper is that Stefan Talke (Portland State University) recovered historical sea level data from NY Harbor and created this great 1844-2013 … Continue reading
Winter Coastal Storms – a Dangerous Mix of Hazards
The winter storm hitting us right now is a reminder of how coastal flooding and winter storms can mix and bring a dangerous combination of hazards. While the winds in this storm are substantially weaker (good news) than the Blizzard … Continue reading
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Tagged 1978, blizzard, Boston, flood, forecast, freeze, frozen, ice, storm, storm surge, storm tide, water level, winter
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