hurricanes

Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air

Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air

Albert Wagner

David Stuckenberg, cofounder and chief operations officer at Genesis Systems, explains that the WaterCube uses proprietary liquid and solid sorbents—materials ...

Darpa Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes

Darpa Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes

Albert Wagner

On October 10, 2018, Tyndall Air Force Base on the Gulf of Mexico—a pillar of American air superiority—found itself under ...

Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails

Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails

Albert Wagner

The morning after Hurricane Helene pummeled the eastern seaboard of the US, Thomas Witherspoon inspected the damage to his western ...

Hurricane Helene Destroyed Roads. Here’s How to Rebuild—and Flood-Proof Them for Next Time

Hurricane Helene Destroyed Roads. Here’s How to Rebuild—and Flood-Proof Them for Next Time

Mickey Vernon

Typically, Muench says, the solution isn’t something too complicated: Just build infrastructure higher. But engineers can’t build roads and bridges ...

With Hurricane Helene disrupting travel, here’s what fliers need to know

With Hurricane Helene disrupting travel, here’s what fliers need to know

Bob Elliott

Men inspect the damage from flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. ...

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

How to Build a Hurricane-Proof House

Albert Wagner

The views from the lot were so great that she had the idea of building a circular house, so that ...

Get Ready for Monster Hurricanes This Summer

Get Ready for Monster Hurricanes This Summer

Albert Wagner

Three main factors converge to intensify hurricanes. The first is that as the world in general warms, so too do ...