Hurricane Season 2020

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Hurricane Eta

Don Resio, University of North Florida:

• 19th-century ship is revealed by storm erosion in Florida by Marie Fazio // The New York Times (11.28.20)

Hurricane Zeta:

Rick Luettich, UNC-Chapel Hill:

• Zeta is downgraded on the way to the Gulf Coast by Henry Fountain // The New York Times (10.27.20)

Hurricane Zeta:

Louisiana State University:

• In Back-to-Back Hurricanes, Louisiana National Guard Calls on Predictive Model by Ben Conklin // ESRI.com (10.27.20)

Hurricane Sally:

Rick Luettich, UNC-Chapel Hill:

• Storm surge expert explains danger of slow-moving storms with heavy rain by Jamie Boll // WBTV (9.17.20)

• Hurricane Sally’s fierce rain shows how climate change raises storm risks by Henry Fountain and John Schwartz // The New York Times (9.16.20)

Hurricane Laura:

Rick Luettich, UNC-Chapel Hill:

• Dr. Rick Luettich on 2020 Politics War Room podcast with James Carville and Al Hunt (8.28.20)

• Storm surge models show Hurricane Laura bringing catastrophic levels of water to Gulf Coast by Stacia Strong // WITN (8.26.20)

Hurricane Isaias:

Rick Luettich, UNC-Chapel Hill:

• Area marine labs weather Isaias, continue research by Mike Shutak // Carolina Coast Online (8.11.20)

• The hurricane questions: None of them are about windspeed by Kirk Ross // The Carolina Mercury (8.2.20)

• Scientists explain how hurricanes are tracked by Stacia Strong // WITN (7.31.20)

Hurricane Season:

Rick Luettich, UNC-Chapel Hill:

• UNC marine scientists examine our record breaking hurricane season by Stacia Strong // WITN (11.13.20)

• Rick Luettich on hurricane science, impacts, and resilience (podcast) by waterloop (10.20.20)

• Experts warn hurricane season is just beginning by Rachel Keith // WHQR (8.6.20)

• 2020 hurricane season may include up to 19 storms by Alyssa LaFaro // UNC Research (6.18.20)

• Inside UNC Research: Preparing for the unexpected by Inside Research // UNC Research (6.11.20)

• ENC braces for active hurricane season in the tropics by WITN (6.3.20)

• New UNC-Chapel Hill center helps prepare North Carolina for increasing environmental threats by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (6.1.20)

• A resilient North Carolina: Preparing our state for hurricanes by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (6.1.20)

Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island:

• Uptown Radio broadcast April 3, 2020 (impacts of COVID-19 on hurricane preparedness) by Uptown Radio/Columbia University School of Journalism (4.3.20)

Louisiana State University

• LSU partnerships improve hurricane storm surge forecasts for Louisiana, nation by LSU Office of Research & Economic Development (10.2.20)

Sandra Knight, University of Maryland

• How COVID complicates a historic hurricane season by Maryland Today (9.15.20)

James Prochaska, University of Rhode Island:

• Prepare or panic: URI professor’s advice for addressing a global pandemic and the climate crisis by Tim Faulkner // ecoRI News (4.4.20)

Don Resio, University of North Florida:

• As GOP convention moves outdoors, Florida’s severe summer weather threatens disruption by Andrew Solender // Forbes (7.15.20)

University of Texas-Austin

• Frontera on the front lines during record hurricane season by UT Research Showcase (10.12.20)