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June 1, 2021 at 9:00am
The 2021 Atlantic Hurricane season begins today, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts an above-average season, estimating 13 to 20 named storms with possibly half of those being hurricanes. Out of those storms, NOAA predicts between three and five may become major hurricanes.
FIU experts are available to discuss various issues surrounding hurricanes and their aftermath. The full list of experts will be continuously updated.
Meteorology and Hurricane Intensification
Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Earth and Environment Hugh Willoughby studies tropical cyclone structure, intensity, and impacts. He has flown more than 400 missions into the eyes of hurricanes and typhoons as a meteorologist for the federal government. Willoughby was a Research Meteorologist at the Hurricane Research Division of NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, where he
By Erik Salna
It was the moment of truth. Students from South Florida high schools anxiously watched Zoom live streams to determine whether their models of flat rooftops would stand up against 70 mph winds at FIU’s NHERI Wall of Wind (WOW) Experimental Facility.
Every year, FIU hosts its Wall of Wind Mitigation Challenge, in which teams of local high school students develop innovative wind mitigation concepts and solutions within guidelines set by FIU’s wind engineers. The objective of the 2021 challenge was for students to design a way to reduce the impact of wind scour – the process of wind scraping against surfaces – on a building’s flat roof. Each team had to develop a solution to prevent roof gravel from blowing away during testing.
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January 14, 2021 at 9:48am
Vulnerable communities, which include Black and Hispanic South Florida residents, are often disproportionately impacted by disasters such as hurricanes, floods and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. FIU researchers plan to study and address these racial and ethnic disparities over the next three years with a $4.63 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Commons for Justice (CfJ) project will look for solutions to address disparities in preparing for a disaster and increasing a community’s ability to survive and recover. The project was funded as part of the Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative, in collaboration with 10 community organizations and two FIU museums.
that could easily happen here. that s scary. office of emergency management at monroe county. and he s on the phone, an associate director at the international hurricane research center. erick, thank you so much, sir. how are you doing? not too bad. personally i m in my home and putting up the shutters all day, getting all the provisions in place and seeing what s going to happen with irma. you study the storm, the science of the storms and when it s going to happen personally to you it puts a whole new spin on it. you have condukted experiments on a structure and as we watched a video, tell us what you discover.
well above average in terms of activity across the atlantic, caribbean and gulf of mexico. this is something we need to watch over the next several months. the atlantic hurricane season does run until november 30, six-month period out here. i did i went to the international hurricane research center to check out some of the incredible research ongoing to help build better and stronger homes. it may look like i m stand in the middle of a hurricane but this is manmade wind from the wall of wind. used to generate winds of over 150 miles an hour, the strength of a category 5 hurricane. can you tell me a little bit about the wall of wind and what it s composed of. look at this. look at the magnitude of the wall of wind. we re looking at a structure here that s nearly two stories high. each individual fan is 700 horsepower. the organization actually started because of hurricane andrew and how devastating that was to