This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Hurricanes are America's most destructive natural ...

Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any other type of disaster. Since 1980, these powerful tropical storms have done more than ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Navid Tahvildari, Florida International University (THE CONVERSATION) Hurricanes are ...

But storm surge forecasts at high resolution can be slow. As a coastal engineer, I study how storm surge and waves interact with natural and human-made features on the ocean floor and coast and ways ...