VIMS model now capable of street-level storm-tide predictions

VIMS model now capable of street-level storm-tide predictions
Gloucester Point VA (SPX) Mar 28, 2014 - The water that surged into the intersection of New York City's Canal and Hudson streets during Hurricane Sandy-to choose just one flood-ravaged locale-was ultimately driven ashore by forces swirling hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic. That simple fact shows not only the scale and power of a tropical cyclone, but the difficulty of modeling and forecasting its potential for coastal floodi ... more

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