The National Climatic Data Center recently released updated information on billion dollar climate and weather disasters that have occurred across the United States during the past 30 years (1980-2010). The southeastern quadrant of the United States, including the entire region comprising the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (OK, TX, AR, LA, TN, and MS), was […]
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The Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program has recently completed an assessment report focused on historical disaster declarations across the United States entitled, “A Geographic Assessment of Major Disaster Declarations Across the Lower 48 States.” The purpose of the report is to quantify and visualize historical disaster declarations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in
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Today the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program and Southern Regional Climate Center are launching a new monthly publication called the Southern Climate Monitor. The Southern Climate Monitor, or Monitor for short, is an experimental climate outreach tool focused on the south central portion of the United States – specifically the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas,
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The latest outlooks from the the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center forecast a greater than 40% chance of a warmer than average winter across much of the Southern United States during December 2010 through February 2011. The highest chances for a warmer than average winter are indicated for much of Texas, as
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In partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) has recently completed a report detailing findings of a World Cafe break out session from a USFWS and U.S. Geological Survey climate change workshop held in Austin, TX. The report analyzes information that was collected during the 4-part
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A series of new brochures focused on different climate hazards common across the Southern U.S. has been created and is now available in the SCIPP Documents section of our website. These new brochures include a focus on drought, hurricanes, and tornadoes. Each of the documents provide an introduction to the hazard, some information on the
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Five years ago, New Orleans was ground zero in one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. Three years later – almost to the day – the city survived another major hurricane with barely a scratch. What happened to make the outcomes of Hurricane Gustav so much different from Katrina? It was the culminations
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SCIPP researchers have developed a new database for reviewing peak storm surge information from past tropical cyclone events. Hal Needham, recent SCIPP graduate at Louisiana State University, developed the comprehensive database of historical tropical cyclone events that have occurred in the Gulf of Mexico. It provides information on all recorded storm surge heights available since
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