Flood forecasting gets major upgrade
Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 07:31
in Earth & Climate
The recent floods in Louisiana have reminded the nation of the devastation these disasters can cause, resulting in more than a dozen deaths and damaging more than 40,000 homes. David Maidment, a civil engineering researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, is acutely aware of the power and swiftness of floods—one that struck Nov. 1, 2013 still haunts him.