by admin | Apr 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Katy Serafin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford UniversityWhen a storm event is barreling down on the Washington coast, elevated sea levels often cause low-lying areas to flood, while coastal dunes may erode as they are pummeled by waves. A question many of...
by admin | Jun 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
By Alex Rosen, Assistant Coastal Planner, WA Department of Ecology As our ability to characterize hazardous areas improves with advances in science and technology, many communities have information to help identify vulnerability and risk to natural hazards along our...
by admin | Nov 9, 2020 | Natural Hazards, Tsunami, Webinar
Washington Emergency Management Division and the Washington Geological Survey are hosting a webinar on Thursday, November 19th at 1:00 PM for a deep dive into the impacts of tsunamis around our 3,000 miles of inner and outer coastlines. Did the Alaska earthquake and...
by admin | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
NOAA/ National Weather Service has released a weather warning for Western Washington December 9-11, 2014: Two More Strong North Pacific Storms To Impact Western Wash This Week Storm #2 Tuesday (12/9) / Wednesday (12/10): Rain and Stronger Wind, More Flooding, Tidal...
by admin | Jan 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Thanks to CHRN member Bob Freitag for this announcement! The University of Washington (UW) is now accepting students for our floodplain management graduate degree program. The Floodplain program will be offered through the UW Department of Urban Design and Planning,...