Researchers can predict hurricane-related power outages (w/ Video)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 11:49
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other destructive storms, researchers from Johns Hopkins and Texas A&M universities say they have found a way to accurately predict power outages in advance of a hurricane. Their approach provides estimates of how many outages will occur across a region as a hurricane is approaching.