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The 2,175-mile system of interconnected, man-made canals crisscrossing Florida, from Orlando to the Keys, has a particularly important role when a hurricane happens to be pinwheeling toward the ...

Nearly three months after hurricanes Helene and Milton delivered record flood and storm surge levels to cities in Florida, the state has accepted a public loss model that FIU helped design to assess ...

RAS mutations are among the most common drivers in cancer, particularly in pancreatic, colorectal, and lung tumors. Despite that, directly targeting RAS proteins proved extremely difficult for years, ...

HOUSTON — Ten years after the devastating Tax Day floods left people scrambling for safety, new research is revealing flood risks many Houstonians may not even realize they have. Researchers at Rice ...

Flood inundation models are tools that predict where water flows, how deep it gets, how fast it moves and how long it remains during a flood event. But despite recent advances in flood inundation ...

JBA Risk Management, a UK-based flood science specialist, has extensively updated its Global Flood Model, enhancing it with updated hazard maps, an extended range of future climate event sets, while ...

Before rain begins to fall, scientists and engineers can predict where a storm might cause flooding thanks to advanced modeling and digital simulations that help guide billion-dollar decisions ...

Electric utilities are under increasing pressure to mitigate wildfire risk and respond to extreme weather, and not just in places where one might typically expect such hazards. Service territories ...

The City Council last week authorized the city manager to execute a contract with BKF Engineers to provide floodplain modeling for Avalon. The maximum cost will be $30,000. The vote was 3-0. Mayor ...

Nearly a decade after Hurricane Harvey rewrote Houston's relationship with severe weather, new draft flood maps offer the most detailed look at who may face higher or lower flood risks in the years ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released a draft of Harris County’s new flood maps after a nearly four-year delay. The draft will now be reviewed by floodplain administrators and elected ...