When severe weather strikes, the National Weather Service's (NWS) Office of Water Prediction (OWP) makes critical flood ...

Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2024 – Government agencies, insurance companies and disaster planners rely on national flood risk models from the private sector that aren’t reliable at smaller levels such as ...

Billions of dollars in federal funding from the Biden administration's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act could be wasted because state highway and bridge projects are using an outdated government ...

The Muskingum method remains a cornerstone in flood routing, offering a pragmatic yet robust approach for simulating flood wave propagation through river reaches. Traditional linear and more recent ...

(The Conversation) – Flooding is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the U.S., causing billions of dollars in damage each year. In 2024 alone, floods destroyed homes in over a ...

Researchers out of UC Irvine have said that nationally used flood modeling lacks specificity when it comes to measuring risks in urban areas like Los Angeles County. They've created their own modeling ...

More than one fifth of the world is at risk of significant flooding as waters rise. But artificial intelligence models could help save lives as conditions worsen in the coming years. AI flood models ...

Artificial intelligence is becoming an asset in hurricane forecasting. In 2024, an AI-based model created by Google correctly predicted Hurricane Beryl would make landfall in Texas while a top ...

Flooding is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the U.S., causing billions of dollars in damage each year. In 2024 alone, floods destroyed homes in over a dozen states and claimed ...

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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 ...