The mental health toll of Puerto Rico's prolonged power outages
More than a month has passed since Hurricane Maria's initial landfall in Puerto Rico, but around 80 percent of the island still remains without power.
Environment
Oct 25, 2017
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News tagged with hurricane sandy
She led scientists advising New York on climate change. Did the city listen?
Cynthia Rosenzweig is a senior research scientist at the Columbia Climate School, and heads the Climate Impacts Group at the affiliated NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Since the 1990s, she has organized and led ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2022
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Post-Sandy, Long Island barrier systems appear surprisingly sound
As coastal communities continue to rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scientists at this week's annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union offer some encouraging news: the storm did not seriously damage the offshore ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2013
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Taxi GPS data helps researchers study Hurricane Sandy's effect on NYC traffic
When Hurricane Sandy struck the east coast in late October 2012, the "superstorm" disrupted traffic in New York City for more than five days, but the evacuation proceeded relatively efficiently with only minor delays, according ...
Engineering
Oct 27, 2014
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Model now capable of street-level storm-tide predictions
The water that surged into the intersection of New York City's Canal and Hudson streets during Hurricane Sandy—to choose just one flood-ravaged locale—was ultimately driven ashore by forces swirling hundreds of miles ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 25, 2014
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Superstorm Sandy tracked by European Space Agency water mission
(Phys.org)—When millions of people are bracing themselves for the onslaught of extreme weather, as much information as possible is needed to predict the strength of the impending storm. ESA's SMOS mission again showed its ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 9, 2012
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During disasters, active Twitter users likely to spread falsehoods
We know that Twitter is littered with misinformation. But how good are the social media platform's most active users at detecting these falsehoods, especially during public emergencies?
Internet
May 11, 2018
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As the climate changes, architects and engineers need to design buildings differently
In the past seven years, four major disasters have caused serious disruptions in the Northeast and Midwest United States. Hurricane Sandy slammed into New York City in 2012, inflicting nearly US$11 billion in damage to buildings. ...
Environment
Oct 24, 2019
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New study examines federal homeowner buyouts
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been offering voluntary buyout programs to homeowners in flood-prone neighborhoods since the 1980s.
Environment
Oct 10, 2019
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Sandy approaching Jamaica
NASA satellites are closely monitoring Tropical Storm Sandy in visible and infrared light as it approaches Jamaica. Sandy is now responsible for hurricane and tropical storm warnings and watches from Jamaica to Cuba, the ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2012
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