The worst hurricane in New England history unleashed a devastating combination of wind and water 79 years ago, and with hurricanes ravaging the southeast U.S. and the Caribbean, it’s hard not to wonder what would happen if that storm returned today.
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Research, conducted by Alasdair Rae from Sheffield University and Garrett Nelson from Dartmouth College, has won the Sir Peter Hall Award for Wider Engagement in this year’s RTPI Awards for Research Excellence.
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In light of the recent hurricanes slamming the Gulf Coast and Southeastern United States, The Exchange spoke with Perry Plummer, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Jonathan Winter, a Dartmouth professor who has studied increasing precipitation over the last two decades in New England, and two engineers, Jim Gallagher, who specializes in dams, and Fred McNeill, who works in wastewater treatment, about how well New Hampshire is prepared for major weather events. See full article http://nhpr.org/post/northeast-gets-wetter-nh-faces-critical-need-fix-aging-infrastructure-0#stream/0
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Researcher Jonathan Winter says spring and fall downpours have seen about an 84 percent increase, while winter and summer have seen more moderate increases of 45 and 27 percent, respectively. The study was published in the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Hydrometeorology last month.
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Congratulations to Frank Magilligan, Buraas, E.M., and Renshsaw, C.E., 2015. The efficacy of stream power and flow duration on geomorphic responses to catastrophic flooding, Geomorphology, 228: 175-188) was selected for the 2017 G.K. Gilbert Award for "Excellence in Geomorphological Research” awarded by the Geomorphology Specialty Group of the AAG.
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