insideinvestigator.org by Tricia Ennis, July 25, 2024 When Connecticut experiences an extreme weather event, how much are you and your family at risk? A new dashboard from the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) at the University of Connecticut aims to help answer that question, down to your street. In the Climate Change Vulnerability Index […]
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Fallout from climate change in CT: Focus moves to inland towns that will be hit hard
Story by Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant The consequences of climate change are easy to understand along Connecticut’s coastline where the sea is now forecast to rise 20 inches by 2050. But researchers at the University of Connecticut also are now turning their attention to inland Connecticut and places that are not anywhere near the coast or […]
Devastating flood highlights need for climate resiliency
By Mike Savino • Published August 20, 2024 • Updated on August 20, 2024 at 5:04 pm The state of Connecticut is trying to help towns adapt to climate change as severe storms become more frequent, including a potentially historic rainfall Sunday for towns in the Naugatuck River Valley. This includes the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Climate Resiliency Program, which gave out $8.8 […]
In a summer of severe flooding in New England, a 1,000-year storm hit Connecticut. Here’s how.
The weather models didn’t see it coming. But “training” storms and an already primed atmosphere converged to deliver a surge of devastating rainfall. By Chris Gloninger and Erin Douglas Globe Staff, Updated August 21, 2024,11:08 a.m. On Aug. 19, 1955, the unimaginable happened. A downgraded hurricane named Diane blasted the small rural town of Burlington, […]
How can Connecticut prepare for a 1,000-year flood? It can’t, but strategy is changing
By Jordan Nathaniel Fenster, Staff writer Aug 21, 2024 https://www.ctinsider.com/ Sunday’s storms have been described in many ways: a rain bomb, training storms, flash floods. And then there is 1,000-year flood. The devastating storm that flooded parts of Connecticut and swept away roads was far more than infrastructure could handle. Twelve-plus inches of rain fell in a short period, or […]
You Might Want to Consider a Stormwater Utility
CLEAR Poster for the Super Storm Sandy Poster Session. Describes the benefits of establishing a stormwater utility entities funded by user fees. These benefits include providing direct funding to resiliency projects, incentivising property owners to implement green infrastructure, and flexable fee systems for verying levels of equity.
CIRCA’s Resilience Adaptation and Engineering and Inland and Coastal Flooding Webinar Recording
Join†James OíDonnell, Professor of Marine Sciences, to learn and discuss his research on Resilience Adaptation and Engineering and Inland and Coastal Flooding.
Connecticut’s Climate for 2050 | UConn Promotional Video
Watch the video to see what changes are in store for CT, and why it is so vital we reduce our emissions.
New Planning and Visualization Tools for Sea Level Rise Webinar Recording
On this webinar, new planning tools released by CIRCA and UConnís Center for Energy and Environmental Law (CEEL) were highlighted, including three ìresilience scenariosî that can be used by municipal and state agency staff as communication and planning tools.
Connecticut Public Radio Where We Live: Looking back at Superstorm Sandy, ten years later
October 2022: Jim O’Donnell interview on Connecticut Public’s program Where We Live