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August 10, 2017

New project gives virtual tour of flooding hotspot Tangiers Island

Google Streetview and The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities’ Encyclopedia Virginia have launched a virtual tour of Virginia’s Tangier Island, a climate and flooding-affected area, according to a new […]
May 16, 2017

Hampton Roads Premiere of “Tidewater” Film

The Hampton Roads premiere of “Tidewater,” a film about sea level rise and the problems it poses in Coastal Virginia for both residents and the military. […]
May 16, 2017

Scott to introduce bill creating $1 billion flood prevention grant program

A group of local experts, including those from CCRFR, discussed improvements to flood-prone areas in Hampton Roads with U.S. Rep. Robert C. “Bobby” Scott on May […]
March 15, 2017

Norfolk’s Maker Community Rises to the Challenge of Measuring Real Time Water Levels

Sensors to collect flooding data will soon be posted around Norfolk, thanks to local entrepreneurs. This will take a whole lot of sensors collecting data at […]
March 13, 2017

Sea Level Rise, Climate Change and Resiliency Concern Hampton Roads Panelists

Sea level rise, economic opportunities and regional resiliency are all related, according to a panel of experts gathered in Hampton Roads recently. Speakers included Rick Weddle, […]
March 2, 2017

UVA Students Visit Hampton Roads to Learn About Coastal Engineering

Dr. Derek Loftis of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science guest lectured and guided a Hampton Roads field trip for a UVA January-semester class focused on […]
February 28, 2017

New Paper on Storm Surge Modeling and Inundation

A new paper from Dr. Derek Loftis and Dr. Harry Wang at VIMS focuses on street-level inundation modeling from storm surge and precipitation in Hampton Roads. […]
February 21, 2017

Change Agents in Hampton Roads

A recent issue of Distinction named “Change Agents” in the Tidewater climate and flooding activists. As the article said: For these activists, academics and nonprofit leaders, […]
June 1, 2016

Researchers to Study Flooding in Hampton Roads

On July 1, the Commonwealth Center for Recurrent Flooding Resiliency officially began its work. The collaboration between Old Dominion University, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and […]
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