Jacobs Solutions Inc. J has secured a landmark contract from the Gulf Coast Protection District to lead the engineering ...

Storm surge barrier to safeguard critical energy corridor and regional assets ...

Following a deadly flood in 1953, the Dutch government undertook a massive flood control effort, building dams, dikes and sea gates that reconfigured the low-lying nation’s coastline and waterways.

But storm surge forecasts at high resolution can be slow. As a coastal engineer, I study how storm surge and waves interact with natural and human-made features on the ocean floor and coast and ways ...

Flooding from wind-driven storm surge will extend from eastern North Carolina to southern New England through Tuesday as a sprawling tropical wind and rainstorm crawls northward before turning out to ...

Europe's coastlines face an unprecedented challenge as storm surge patterns shift and intensify across the North Sea region. The once-predictable seasonal rhythm of winter storms has given way to more ...

Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any other type of disaster. Since 1980, these powerful tropical storms have done more than ...

Navid Tahvildari's research on coastal flooding has been funded by NSF, NOAA, NASA, and DOT. Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any ...