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Clues to Present Storms Can be Found in Hurricanes From 3M Years Ago

Studying hurricane and tropical storm development from three million years ago might give today’s forecasters a good blueprint for 21st century storms, says a team of international researchers that includes a Texas A&M University atmospheric sciences professor. Robert Korty, associate …

Texas Researchers Offer Faster Method to Rebuild Disaster Destroyed Homes

Texas legislators are investigating the benefits of RAPIDO, a pilot program developed with recommendations from Texas A&M University’s Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center (HRRC), that dramatically reduces the time it takes to rebuild homes destroyed by natural disasters. The Texas …

Researchers Say Hurricane Joaquin Could Cause up to 14M People to Lose Power

Hurricane Joaquin could result in power failure for as many as 14 million people, according to power outage forecasts by researchers at Texas A&M University and University of Michigan. The forecasts take into account several different measures of wind speed, …

Cities Face Rising Flood, Drought Risk Even With No Climate Change

A heads-up to New York, Baltimore, Houston and Miami: a new study suggests that these metropolitan areas and others will increase their exposure to floods even in the absence of climate change, according to researchers from Texas A&M University. Published …

Beach Erosion Remains A Huge Texas Problem

The five-year anniversary of Hurricane Ike is still several months away, but the effects of what the historic storm did to the Texas coastline have been relentless, especially when it comes to beach erosion in and around the Galveston area …