Breaking News: Hurricanes

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Drastic climate changes brought on by severe storms can spur allergy and asthma symptoms for sufferers across the country.

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Three engineering experts at Johns Hopkins University can talk about how the storm could cause coastal damage and power outages, and affect hospital functionality.

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Recycled materials may become armor against flying debris: Panels for a new high-tech shelter created at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have passed the National Storm Shelter Association’s tornado threat test.

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Survey results released at the beginning of the 2012 hurricane season by researchers at the University of South Carolina showed a range of beliefs and plans that could hamper emergency planning and threaten the lives of those in the path of a storm.

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In the heart of hurricane season, three engineering experts at Johns Hopkins University can talk about how the next big storm could cause power outages and coastal damage, and affect hospital functionality. Please hold onto this tip sheet and refer to it for sources as Atlantic hurricane season enters its peak.

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Fresh water from rivers and rain makes hurricanes, typhoons, tropical cyclones 50 percent more intense on average.

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Professors from Appalachian State University, UNC Greensboro, University of West Florida and Indiana University have studied a 58-year history of tropical cyclones and their role in ending drought in the Southeast.

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Forecasters predict about nine to 15 tropical storms this year, with as many as four to eight of those becoming hurricanes. University of Houston resources have expertise in a variety of topics related to storms – before, during and after.

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Things are literally up in the air if a hurricane approaches, but family pets in South Carolina should now breathe a little easier. In a recent survey of coastal residents about their hurricane plans, the one near-certainty was that pets would be going with their owners in any evacuation – 95 percent of owners said so. But apart from soothing some canine and feline nerves, the survey uncovered a number of worrisome attitudes about intended evacuation behaviors among coastal residents.

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Scientists at the Florida State University Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies have released their fourth annual Atlantic hurricane season forecast, using a unique computer model with a knack for predicting hurricanes with unprecedented accuracy.

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With severe weather season now in full swing, people with disabilities must ensure they can quickly escape their homes in an emergency.

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From prediction to recovery, Florida State University’s experts are among the best in the nation when it comes to the study of hurricanes and their impact on people and property. These experts are available to answer media questions and give perspective to news stories throughout the 2012 hurricane season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30.

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All over the country, millions of Americans still live behind dams or levees, and if these were to fail and unleash catastrophic flooding, as some did in New Orleans in 2005, property and life might once again pay the price. Now there is some remarkable software to help swiftly predict how the water will spread.

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A recent increase in the intensity of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea may be a side effect of increasing air pollution over the Indian sub-continent, a new multi-institutional study has found.

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An international team of researchers will begin gathering in the Indian Ocean next month to study an atmospheric pattern that affects weather worldwide. The six-month field campaign, supported in part by NCAR, will help improve long-range weather forecasts and computer models of climate change.

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Coastal residents ask about the strange flotsam they've found atop waterways and strewn along beaches.

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Coastal Ecologist Jim Fraser is available to provide a scientifically informed response to how to manage damage at the North Carolina Outer Banks following Hurricane Irene.

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While the earthquake in Virginia and Hurricane Irene seemed to occur almost together, an IUP geoscientist says there is no connection between earthquakes and hurricanes.

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Vermont child and adolescent psychiatrist David Fassler, M.D., suggests that parents, teachers and other adults help children understand natural disasters like Vermont's recent flooding by listening and responding in an honest, consistent and supportive manner and creating an open environment where they feel free to ask questions.

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Before Irene landed with wind and water, earthquake researchers had to look at waterfront structures, bridges, dams and embankments, earth-retaining systems, monuments and institutions that were damaged, and critical facilities such as major airports and the power plant.

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Data from the Tidewatch observational network and real-time computer simulations at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science show that peak water levels in Chesapeake Bay during Hurricane Irene were—with the exception of one tide station—slightly lower than in either Hurricane Isabel (2003) or the “Nor’Ida” storm of November 2009.

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A smartphone app developed by North Dakota State University Extension Service and Myriad Devices could help people who need to document damages from this weekend’s Hurricane Irene for their insurance claims. The Disaster Recovery Log app helps you record information about damages to your home and property using text, images and audio. Download Disaster Recovery Log from the Android Market. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension/apps/disaster-recovery-journal

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Temple public health professor Sarah Bass offers her thoughts.

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The University of Delaware provides the following list of experts on hurricanes, from historic hurricanes to disaster management, coastal erosion, flooding, rip currents, social behavior in disasters, engineering hurricane-resistant housing, damage effect on crops, and equine emergency management.

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Two Johns Hopkins engineers are available to discuss the impact of Hurricane Irene.

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Dr. Darren Parnell is available to talk about Hurricane Irene. He holds a Ph.D. in geography, with a climatology focus, from the University of South Carolina and teaches meteorology and climatology at Salisbury University.

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Applying lessons from emergency planning and response after Hurricane Katrina, in which the Burton Blatt Institute (BBI) at Syracuse University was involved, BBI is providing resources for the protection and safety of people with disabilities who live in the path of Hurricane Irene.

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Here are tips on how to use social media during natural disasters.

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These experts are available for media interviews regarding Hurricane Irene.

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Worries that first responders will shirk duties in a disaster are overblown, but they do need assistance with family matters, University of Delaware study shows.

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What can Waffle House teach about disaster preparedness and risk management, especially in the wake of this spring’s devastating tornadoes? Plenty, says a supply chain expert at Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.

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A list of faculty experts who can address an array of hurricane-related topics.

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From prediction to recovery, Florida State University’s experts are among the best in the nation when it comes to the study of hurricanes and their impact on people and property. These experts are available to answer media questions and give perspective to news stories throughout the 2011 hurricane season, which begins June 1 and ends Nov. 30.

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Emergency responders, insurers, communicators must factor overconfidence into disaster preparations.

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A new study in Honduras suggests that climate-related weather disasters may sometimes actually provide opportunities for the rural poor to improve their lives.

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A geographer, who has spent that last decade recreating the early hurricane history of the U.S., has uncovered the meteorological details of a major hurricane that hit Louisiana in August 1812. The hurricane has the distinction of coming the closest of any to New Orleans.

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Colorado State University finds adverse health effects in second/third trimesters.

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To better understand the potential health effects among children who lived in temporary housing provided by the government following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, scientists at RTI International plan to monitor a group of children currently ages 2 to 15 who live in the affected region.

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Art DeGaetano, Cornell University professor of climatology and the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell, says insight into the potential impact of Hurricane Earl can be found in several infamous 20th century storms.

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Wind scientists, ecotoxicologist and economist discuss damage, safety and oil spill.

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As Hurricane Earl strengthens and heads closer to North Carolina’s coast, RENCI researchers are tracking its every move with a Weather Research Forecast (WRF) model that plots the storm’s course on a grid, with each point in the grid representing a 3 kilometer by 3 kilometer box.

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With Hurricane Earl on a path to brush the North Carolina coast and as the hurricane season reaches its traditional peak, experts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can help members of the media who need knowledgeable commentary on topics ranging from the current storm outlook to emergency response efforts. UNC researchers often are on the frontlines of such efforts when storms strike, and the University is a major center of hurricane-related research.

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A University at Buffalo researcher will spend the next two years studying post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina on police officers who worked during the disaster.

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Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, James N. Jensen, PhD, University at Buffalo professor of civil, structural and environmental engineering, says that probably the biggest lesson learned from that disaster was that municipalities and citizens now take orders to evacuate much more seriously.

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Scientists studying how and why Atlantic hurricanes form will have a better chance of getting the data they need thanks to flight planning software developed at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.