A new report looking at the risk of homes exposed to hurricane-driven storm surge damage in ten major urban areas along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts finds that the majority of homes in those communities that are in designated surge zones are not included in local flood zones.
In Virginia Beach, for example, 87 percent of surge-inundation zone properties, »read moreTags: case study, hazard identification, mapping, research
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They're not precise enough to use for planning purposes, but the National Hurricane Center has created a neat tool to show projections for where hurricanes are likely to drive storm surge. Using it is as easy as visiting their Storm Surge Interactive Risk Maps webpage, selecting a category of storm (1-5) you'd like to see mapped, then zooming into the area, »read moreTags: hazard identification, training & outreach, weather & climate
Just got this press release announcing that EPA will continue a promising-looking webcast series designed to help local governments adapt to climate change. While the blurb doesn't say the program is specifically targeting coastal communities, it seems likely that much if not all of what they discuss will apply to all of us abutting the ocean.
The next, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, events, hazard identification, infrastructure, planning, training & outreach, weather & climate
The fine folks over at Colorado State's Natural Hazards Center have a neat summary of the National Flood Insurance Program's Preferred Risk Policies program in their monthly newsletter.
The short version? Property owners who find themselves newly mapped into high risk flood areas now have up to two years to apply for a Preferred Risk Policy (PRP). If they, »read more
First, the bad news: the course is in Virginia. The good news: it sounds like a good spot to get an overview of what it means to manage a floodplain. From the organizer's description:
This training course will present the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) concepts in flood management, damage prevention terminology, and protocols from a local, »read moreTags: events, hazard identification, legal, training & outreach
Via the always useful CZMA Climate Change and Coastal Hazards E-News Update newsletter:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) “Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program Guidance” (176 pp.) represents the unification of all five of the agency’s hazard mitigation grant programs into one guidance document. These programs, which provide, »read moreTags: adaptation & mitigation, building, funding & assistance, hazard identification, infrastructure
What's the real worst case scenario for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill? What it the oil keeps gushing all summer?
The New York Times is reporting that a team of scientists has run the models, and that the results aren't pretty. Nearly all of the simulations show oil heading into the Atlantic, and, perhaps, even making it over to Europe.
However, the, »read moreTags: emergency services, hazard identification, oil spill, technology, video
Today, of course, marks the start of the 2010 Hurricane Season. The good news: there don't appear to be any storms yet.
The bad news: the oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill continues to spread without an end in site. Have a look at this interactive map that shows the extent of the oil each day since it started (be sure to hit the "play" button). Oh, and, »read more
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