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Category: Recent Flood Events
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Tropical Storm Elsa Outage Forecast The Eversource Energy Center Outage Prediction Model at UConn is forecasting moderate impact from tropical storm Elsa for Connecticut. As shown at the storm outages maps, the highest impact is expected in Eastern Connecticut, and the overall impact in Connecticut is expected to be between 300 and 600 damage locations. Categories: Recent Flood Events |
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January 2021 Mozambique Flooding captured by RAPID system The RAPID flood maps are also integrated into Dartmouth Flood Observatory (DFO)’s flood mapping web service (https://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/Events/5015/2021Mozambique5015.html). Categories: Recent Flood Events |
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Hurricane ETA caused flooding in Mexico Hurricane Flooding in Mexico ETA Categories: Recent Flood Events, Recent News |
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The US COVID-19 pandemic in the flood season Researcher in the Eversource Energy Center recently quantified the compound risk of flooding and COVID-19 at the US county-level. See figure from Shen et al. 2020 (Science of the Total Environment, https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1bugWB8ccoNAZ) showing the compound risk accross the US. Hotspots of high risk for both types of hazards are concentrated along southern and eastern coastal […] Categories: Recent Flood Events, Recent News |
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Hurricane Sally Inundation Map Categories: Recent Flood Events |
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Flood Inundation Map from Hurricane Laura derived from the Eversource Energy Center RAPID system Categories: Recent Flood Events, Recent News |
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Vulnerable Trees, High Winds, Other Factors Combined for Unusually Severe Storm Damage from Isaias — Aug. 14, 2020 STORRS, Conn. – Gypsy moth infestations and drought conditions in recent years have weakened trees throughout Connecticut to such an extent that forests were particularly vulnerable when the remnants of Hurricane Isaias swept through on Aug. 4, causing extensive power outages related to tree damage. Those factors, along with the capricious […] Categories: Recent Flood Events, Recent News |
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Hurricane Dorian Flooding in Bahamas On Sunday, September 1st, Hurricane Dorian made landfall on Great Abaco Island unleashing unprecedented destruction on the Northern Bahamas, causing at least 40 deaths. Dorian was characterized by extreme wind gusts – up to 220 mph – extensive coastal flooding – up to 20 feet storm surge – and impressive precipitation – up to 40 […] Categories: Recent Flood Events, Recent News |
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