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Displaying 75 of about 321 resultsIt’s been a warm day, maybe even a little humid, and the tall clouds in the distance remind you of cauliflower. You hear a sharp crack, like the sound of a batter hitting a home run, or a low rumble reminiscent of a truck driving down the highway. A distant thunderstorm, alive with lightning, is making itself known.Lightning flashes in thunderstorms at…
Dawn Zimmer, Mayor of Hoboken, NJ (USA), is one of more than 50 Mayors from around the world who will attend the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2013, taking place in Geneva, 19-23 May. The “Meet the Mayors” interview series aims to showcase the actions local governments participating in UNISDR's Making Cities Resilient…
These coloring books help kids learn more about weather safety during tornadoes, winter weather and thunderstorms.
This paper explores destructive coastal floods that are commonly increasing in frequency in certain regions and which may be caused by global precipitation intensification. Such connections through climate, watershed, and river processes are poorly understood because of complex interactions in transitional fluvial-marine environments where flooding is c…
Federal, state and local agencies are gathering Saturday at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Menlo Park campus for a one-day event aimed at helping the public better prepare for disasters.
The free event, organized by San Mateo County, takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature more than 25 exhibit booths, fire and law enforcement emergency respon…
The purpose of the National flood workshop is to bring together various agencies, emergency managers, academia, and professionals from across the nation to encourage dialogue on the various aspects of flooding. This includes the meteorological and hydrological conditions before, during, and after flood events, technological advancements being made in re…
A declaration adopted by the Member States of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) on September 27, 2012, on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly, calling for urgent action to address the climate change crisis which Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are already experiencing with impacts such as sea-level rise and storm su…
This paper examines how storm-related extreme weather in New York City can be combated. Climate change is a public health, environmental and racial justice priority in New York City. For the past eight years, the city has responded more aggressively than any major city in the nation to tackle the threat of climate change and protect its people. The…
This report summarizes vulnerabilities to projected coastal flood hazards and how they could impact different sectors of New Hampshire's coastal region in the United States. It identifies valuable assets at risk of different coastal hazards, evaluates the exposure and sensitivity of those assets to coastal hazards, and assesses existing capacity for man…
Open-File Report 2015-1154, doi:10.3133/ofr20151154:
This report identifies all the impacts of extreme storms in coastal communities of mid and northeast Atlantic coast of the United States. It quantifies the probabilities of dune erosion, dune overwash, and beach/dune inundation when impacted by the worst-case scenario (high tide, maximum surge, maximu…
This report outlines strategies coastal communities in New Jersey, U.S., can take to respond to the impacts of rising seas and increased flooding. The report is a product of the Sustainable and Resilient Coastal Communities project funded by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Office of Coastal and Land Use Planning. The goal of the p…
This publication makes the case for living shorelines which provide a proven and cost-effective alternative to structural approaches. They do so by using a range of natural stabilisation techniques commonly involving the strategic placement of plants, stone, sand, and other materials. These nature-based solutions prevent erosion while maintaining t…
This interactive case study documents the lessons learned from applying Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) through a ridge-to-reef approach in Port Salut, Haiti. The report features human-interest stories, reflections from project partners, as well as short videos which provide the reader with first-hand experience of the context and proj…
This document charts the initial formation of Hurricane Irma in the Atlantic Ocean in late August 2017 and tracks its development as the storm moved towards the Caribbean in September.
It presents the exposed values for the affected countries, including the states of Florida and Georgia in the USA, and compares them to estimated economic losses d…