News

2022-2023

URI oceanography professor’s computer modeling system to help keep R.I. officials ahead of strong storms, URI Rhody Today, June 28, 2023

Climate changes will bring fiercer storms to RI. Are we prepared? | Opinion, Providence Journal, June 11, 2023

RI-CHAMP Makes Storm Impact Modeling Simple. Coastal Resilience Center: A Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, June, 2023

Noreaster Research Project for Acadia National Park, National Park Service, December 2022. 

Superstorm Sandy Showed Ocean State What Future Storms Could Look Like, ecoRI News, November 3, 2022.

URI researcher: Hurricanes getting easier to predict, The Public’s Radio, October 25, 2022.

URI Prof. Isaac Ginis’ team is making dramatic improvements in storm damage prediction, URI Rhody Today, September 28, 2022.

From Severe Drought to Severe Flooding in One Day, GoLocalProv, September 6, 2022.

Actionable Information: Isaac Ginis’ team is making dramatic improvements in storm-damage prediction. Aboard GSO Magazine, Spring, 2022.

One woman's amazing effort to help coastal communities defend themselves from rising seas. The Providence Journal, April 15, 2022.

Rhode Island Coastal Hazards, Analysis, Modeling, & Prediction (RI-CHAMP), Momentum: Research & Innovation, University of Rhode Island, Spring 2022.

Knowing What's Possible: A doctoral student is pioneering a model for simulating the fury of hurricanes, Aboard GSO Magazine, Spring, 2022.

2020-2021

Westerly pilot study helps develop new models to predict storms’ impacts on infrastructure by The Westerly Sun (10.7.20).

Impacts of COVID-19 on hurricane preparedness by Columbia University School of Journalism Uptown Radio (4.3.20).

2019

Future Hurricane Could Loop Around and Make Landfall Twice in the U.S., Causing Catastrophic Flooding and Storm Surges by Newsweek (9.20.19).

URI Expert Says RI Should be Ready for Bigger Storms by the Pawtucket Times (9.3.19).

Dorian Could Hit Florida as Category 3 Hurricane - What's Next for RI? by GoLocalProv News (8.28.19).

URI Partners Continue Work with RI Emergency Managers by Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (8.26.19).

Rising Threat: Can Providence's Hurricane Barrier Withstand Sea Level Rise? by Providence Journal (2019).

Experts: Cape Cod Should Prepare for the Worst Hurricanes by the Cape Cod Times (8.5.19).

2018

Hurricane Categories Don't Tell the Whole Story by WPRI (9.21.18).

Hurricane Florence, ‘Just a Cat 1,’ Reveals Flaw with Saffir-Simpson Scale by The Washington Post (9.19.18).

‘Monster’ storm: Hurricane Florence is a Rare Threat in an Unusual Location by The Guardian (9.13.18).

Hurricane Florence first to grow in strength so far north in Atlantic by The News Journal (9.12.18).

URI Oceanographer Develops High-resolution Hurricane Model by WPRI (9.12.18).

New Hurricane Guidance Models Being Developed at URI by WJAR (9.12.18).

URI Researchers Developing New Hurricane Forecast Model by ABC6 (9.11.18).

Improved Hurricane Forecast Models in Development at URI by Providence Journal (9.11.18).

Forecast is For Fewer Hurricanes This Year by Cranston Herald (8.7.18)

2016-2017

2016-2017

URI Hurricane Expert Ginis Builds Models of High Impact Hurricane Scenarios by GoLocalProv News (6.27.17).

Rhode Island Researchers Partner with Emergency Managers for Statewide Preparedness Exercise by Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (7.14.17).

Hypothetical Hurricanes: Modeling Coastal Hazards in Rhode Island by Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (12.15.17).

Understanding Hurricanes – It Takes One to Know One by Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (6.6.17).

Coastal Resilience Center Project to Utilize Cloud Computing Award to Simulate Storm Impacts by Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (4.17.17).

Researchers focus on Actions That Increase Preparedness, Resilience by Coastal Resilience Center (3.30.17).

Center PI’s Work Adopted in Weather Service Model by Coastal Resilience Center of Excellence (7.19.16).

Case Studies

Westerly
case study
Research in Westerly identified more
than 100 "consequence thresholds"
resulting from impacts to 11 critical infrastructure facilities in the floodplain.

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Providence
case study
Research in Providence
identified approximately 300
"consequence thresholds"
resulting from impacts to
about 100 assets across
the 45 critical infrastructure facilities
in the floodplain.
Naval Station Newport
on Aquidneck Island
case study
Our latest case study focuses on
"A hazard resilient future for Naval Station Newport within its coastal
Community: Military installation resilience
review for short-term preparedness
and long-term planning."
Wastewater Treatment Facilities
case study
In this case, a customized planning tool was developed to help the Rhode Island Department of Emergency Management (RI DEM) plan for the 19 major wastewater treatment facilities that it regulates.
Westerly
case study
Research in Westerly identified more than 100 "consequence thresholds" resulting
from impacts to
11 critical infrastructure
facilities in the floodplain.
Providence
case study
Research in Providence
identified approximately 300
"consequence thresholds" resulting from
impacts to about
100 assets across
the 45 critical
infrastructure facilities
in the floodplain.
Naval Station Newport
case study
Our latest case study focuses on
"A hazard resilient future for Naval Station Newport
within its coastal
Community: Military installation resilience review for short-term preparedness and long-term planning."
Wastewater Treatment Facilities
case study
In this case, a customized planning tool was developed
to help the Rhode Island Department of Emergency Management (RI DEM) plan
for the 19 major wastewater treatment facilities that it regulates.
Westerly
case study
Research in Westerly identified more than
100 "consequence thresholds"
resulting from impacts to 11 critical
infrastructure facilities in the floodplain.
Providence
case study
Research in Providence identified
approximately 300 "consequence thresholds" resulting from impacts to about
100 assets across the 45 critical
infrastructure facilities in the floodplain.
Naval Station
Newport
case study
Our latest case study focuses on "a
hazard resilient future for Naval Station
Newport within its coastal community: 
Military installation resilience review
for short-term preparedness and
long-term planning."
Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
case study
In this case, a customized planning tool was developed to help the Rhode Island
Department of Emergency
Management (RI DEM) plan for
the 19 major wastewater treatment
facilities that it regulates.
Westerly
case study
Research in Westerly identified more than 100
"consequence thresholds" resulting from impacts to
11 critical infrastructure
facilities in the floodplain.
Providence
case study
Research in Providence identified approximately 300 "consequence thresholds" resulting from impacts
to about 100 assets
across the 45 critical
infrastructure facilities in the floodplain.
Naval Station
Newport
case study
Our latest case study focuses on "a hazard resilient future for Naval Station Newport
within its coastal community: Military
installation resilience review for short-term preparedness and long-term planning."
Wastewater Treatment
Facilities
case study
In this case, a customized planning tool was developed
to help the Rhode Island
Department of
Emergency Management (RI DEM) plan for
the 19 major wastewater treatment facilities that it regulates.