When severe weather strikes, the National Weather Service's (NWS) Office of Water Prediction (OWP) makes critical flood ...
Researchers from the University of British Columbia argue that a widely used method to understand and predict flood risk has led scientists to miscalculate how forests can prevent major flooding. The ...
When engineers and planners design roads, bridges and dams, they rely on hydrological models intended to protect infrastructure and communities from 50- and 100-year floods. But as climate change ...
On Friday, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey presented a proposal for a flood prediction program called SENTRY, which he ...
A car is stalled on a flooded James Avenue South near West 50th Street in Minneapolis as flash floods ripped through Minnesota June 19, 2014.
Office of Water Prediction (OWP) makes critical flood forecasts with the National Water Model. Despite improvements over time, the model’s performance has plateaued in recent years, leaving ...