STORMWATER MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
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Heavy rains in California prove the worthiness of the "sponge city" concept.
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How the city of Aurora, CO, via the Fitzsimmons-Peoria Stormwater Outfall Project, modernized outdated infrastructure in response to current needs and future threats.
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With extreme weather events appearing to occur with greater frequency, state and local governments are scrambling to prepare for the possibilities. Properly scaled preparation can save lives — and getting a sense of that scale is where AI is helping.
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The U.S. set an unwelcome record for weather and climate disasters in 2023, with 28 disasters that exceeded more than US$1 billion in damage each. While it wasn't the most expensive year overall — the costliest years included multiple hurricane strikes — it had the highest number of billion-dollar storms, floods, droughts, and fires of any year since counting began in 1980, with six more than any other year, accounting for inflation.
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Natural disaster risk modeling provides a reliable and affordable way for governments to estimate expected damage caused by rivers overflowing their banks.
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Two Indiana communities nestled along the Ohio River hope a new $6 million pump station will alleviate the region’s flooding woes. Relief was certainly long overdue.
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In the wake of the destructive Hurricane Otis, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the history of weather forecasting. This rare and alarming event, described by the U.S. National Hurricane Center as a "nightmare scenario," broke records for the fastest intensification rate over a 12-hour period in the eastern Pacific. Otis not only caught residents and authorities off guard, but also exposed the limitations of our current predictive tools.
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The last state to join the U.S. is leading in resiliency planning, serving as a model for others as storms and floods worsen.
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Data from 23 U.S. cities reveal the drivers and differences in the development of stormwater control measures, with findings that can inform best practices for municipalities nationwide.
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Winter is still weeks away, but meteorologists are already talking about a snowy winter ahead in the southern Rockies and the Sierra Nevada. They anticipate more storms in the U.S. South and Northeast, and warmer, drier conditions across the already dry Pacific Northwest and the upper Midwest. One phrase comes up repeatedly with these projections: a strong El Niño is coming.
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