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Tag Archives: surge
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
Posted in climate, water, weather
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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Coastal Flood and Wave Forecast for the Blizzard
In a prior post, I laid out the dangers of combined ice, snow and storm surge flooding. It is a potentially catastrophic risk, as exemplified by the Blizzard of ’78 in New England. But fortunately, it’s very rare and perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged blizzard, Boston, flooding, forecast, Gulf of Maine, ice, Jersey Shore, Long Island Sound, New York City, New York Harbor, storm, surge, tide, wave, wind
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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
Posted in security, water
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
Touring Sandy’s Impact on Lower Manhattan
After an interview at Battery Park on Tuesday the day after for ABC News 20/20 Special “The Perfect Storm”, I went on a walk to see the aftermath of Sandy’s visit to lower Manhattan. My tour took me from Battery … Continue reading
Posted in photography, water, weather
Tagged elevation, Financial District, flood, height, high water mark, hurricane, landfill, photoblog, picture, plywood, Sandy, South Street Seaport, stairwell, storm, street, subway, superstorm, surge, vent, water
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