Engineers Use Hurricanes to Study Houses
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When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver.
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With insurance claim projections from Hurricane Charley climbing above $11 billion, some in the building industry believe the hurricane standards in the uniform Florida Building Code may
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Emergency crews in the US state of Florida begin assessing the damage caused by Hurricane Jeanne.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Floridians were again settling into the discomforts of a post-hurricane reality: lines for bags of ice or a hot meal, damaged homes that will take months to repair, and stifling heat and darkness amid widespread power outages...
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SPACE.com / Scientists could soon predict when and where monster waves generated by hurricanes will strike, thanks to new computer models and data from a seven-year study that involved researchers flying into the center of the violent tempests.
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Running last-minute errands as Hurricane Ivan bore down, Melissa Frick suddenly knew exactly how she'd keep her car safe from flooding &#151; park it in a multilevel garage.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently rolled out an Intranet that has helped it handle overflow processing for hurricane disaster relief.
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The oil and gas industry is already beginning to assess the damage from Hurricane Ivan this morning, sending out aircraft to survey hundreds of exploration and production platforms that were shut down during the storm.
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European Space Agency -- Hurricanes are one of those forces of nature that can only fully be captured by satellite imagery. For Hurricane Frances, currently thundering towards the United States coast, ESA's Envisat is going one better, peering through the hurricane from top to bottom, even helping to 'see' under the waves to map hidden forces powering the storm...
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As Floridians pick up the pieces from the second devastating hurricane in less than a month, many are discovering the full effects of a decade of maneuvering
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Hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires: a year after Katrina, a tour of the American hazardscape shows that we haven't learned much
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One person's generator is the neighborhood's generator. Teenagers volunteer to clear debris from neighbors' lawns. A funeral home provides cremation services, at no cost, to a woman who lost her husband and home during Hurricane Jeanne.
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The hurricane appeared to be strengthening and forecasters warned of an increased threat of serious flooding and wind damage.
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Determined to understand why some storms grow into hurricanes while others fizzle, NASA scientists recently looked deep into thunderstorms off the African coast using satellites and airplanes.
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ASHEVILLE, NC -- Repairs to damage from Hurricane Frances haven&#39;t been completed yet, but emergency workers in western North Carolina are having to gear up for the threat posed from Hurricane Ivan.
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Storm chasers from Toronto, Canada, measure the wind speed near a sign blown over by winds from Hurricane Frances in St. Lucie County, Florida, September 4, 2004.
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Utilities and insurance companies are expected to try to recover massive expenses from the recent hurricanes, and consumers could be the ones who pay.