Parts of the Bay Area that have long faced flooding risks could see additional threats this winter as experts monitor a combination of factors including El Niño, sea level rise, king tides and warming ocean conditions. Nonprofit leader Shannon Parkhurst…
San Francisco is starting gray Thursday, with temperatures around 63 degrees and a mild afternoon ahead. The bigger concern is at the waterline, where high tides could flood low-lying shoreline areas around San Francisco Bay. The city should reach around 63 degrees…
While El Niño events are part of a natural cycle in our climate system, climate change is helping to load the dice to produce more intense El Niños, my colleague Dr. Marc Alessi explains in a recent blog. We’re already…
Coastal North Bay including Point Reyes National Seashore and San Francisco Peninsula Coast are the focus of an updated coastal flood advisory released at 4:23 a.m. on Thursday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is in effect… Coastal North Bay including…
A nonlinear analysis of two 1950s UNESCO-listed towers shows they survive earthquakes on rocky soil, but the same buildings would suffer irreparable damage if founded on Mexico City's soft lakebed clays. Subject of Research: Seismic performance assessment of the first reinforced…
December’s tides could be 1-2 feet higher than this week Busy California airports used by millions of travelers could face flooding risks during the upcoming holiday season thanks to sea level rise and a record-breaking El Niño climate pattern, a new…
Southern California coastal communities are bracing for more flooding Thursday and Friday as El Niño conditions keep water levels very high. Unusually high tides that have brought flooding to low-lying areas in Southern California including Newport Beach and Long Beach…
A preliminary 2.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Hollister, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake hit at 5:38 a.m. and was centered 8.4 miles south-southwest of Hollister, the USGS said. This is a developing story. Details may change as more information becomes…
Engineers at the University of Surrey and partner institutions have developed a simpler way to assess how reinforced concrete floors behave when a supporting column suddenly fails. The method could help designers prevent a single failure from spreading into the…
The head of the Dominican Republic’s earthquake assessment office says 67 of 821 assessed bridges are in critical condition. His remarks were made public on Wednesday, 28 October, and no bridge was named. Sixty-seven Dominican bridges are in critical condition, says the country’s…
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