storm surge

As a warming planet generates more monster hurricanes that can rapidly intensify, researchers are whipping up winds and waves in a giant tank on Virginia Key to improve building designs and better forecasts.

A citizen petition drive that aimed at limiting big stormwater projects in Key Biscayne appears to have collected enough signatures to go on the November ballot, the Elections Department said Wednesday.

More than a dozen communities across the state have active voluntary home buyout programs designed to reduce damage from flooding and storm surge.

Following the devastating landfalls of two major hurricanes that spread catastrophic flooding across Florida, WLRN sat down with the head of the National Hurricane Center's storm surge unit.

Even at about $400,000, Dr. Meghan Martin said it’s the easiest and most affordable option she has.

Researchers at the University of Florida found that nature-based "living shoreline" projects significantly reduced wave energy and were largely undamaged during Hurricane Idalia last year.

A look at the factors that allowed a compact storm such as Idalia to send storm surge down Florida's west coast and the strokes of luck that prevented worse damage.

A rare blue supermoon could play a role in an unfolding disaster as Hurricane Idalia takes aim at Florida's west coast.

A brand new set of protections for Miami-Dade’s storm-prone coast is once again on the table after the county agreed to move forward with a new coastal protection study.

To protect coastal bases, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has enlisted corals, oysters and three international teams of scientists to develop “hybrid reefs,” to break up damaging waves.

Hurricane Ian’s devastation on the Southwest Florida coast sent a chill up the spine of anyone in Miami worried about the next big one — and it sharpened the focus of federal planners working to design and build new barriers to avoid a similar outcome for Miami-Dade.

As federal agencies and local governments reassess flood zones and incorporate new technology, data on sea-level rise and the fact that the concrete jungle doesn’t absorb as much water as the natural environment, they’ve concluded that vast swaths of South Florida — particularly inland areas — are vulnerable to crippling storm surge and flooding from rain.