Findings from University of Pennsylvania Provides New Data about Science (Assessing Current and Future Freshwater Flood Risk from North Atlantic…

Findings from University of Pennsylvania Provides New Data about Science (Assessing Current and Future Freshwater Flood Risk from North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones via Insurance Claims)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Science Letter -- Data detailed on Science have been presented. According to news reporting out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "The most recent decades have witnessed record breaking losses associated with U.S. landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs). Flood-related damages represent a large portion of these losses, and although storm surge is typically the main focus in the media and of warnings, much of the TC flood losses are instead freshwater-driven, often extending far inland from the landfall locations."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Pennsylvania, "Despite this actuality, knowledge of TC freshwater flood risk is still limited. Here we provide for the first time a comprehensive assessment of the TC freshwater flood risk from the full set of all significant flood events associated with U.S. landfalling TCs from 2001 to 2014. We find that the areas impacted by freshwater flooding are nearly equally divided between coastal and inland areas. We determine the statistical relationship between physical hazard and residential economic impact at a community level for the entire country. These results allow us to assess the potential future changes in TC freshwater flood risk due to changing climate pattern and urbanization in a more heavily populated U.S."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Findings have important implications for flood risk management, insurance and resilience."

For more information on this research see: Assessing Current and Future Freshwater Flood Risk from North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones via Insurance Claims. Scientific Reports, 2017;7():41609. (Nature Publishing Group - www.nature.com/; Scientific Reports - www.nature.com/srep/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J. Czajkowski, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States. Additional authors for this research include G. Villarini, M. Montgomery, E. Michel-Kerjan and R. Goska (see also Science).

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