Open AccessBill spurs efforts to improve forecasting of inland flooding from tropical storms
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2002eo000394
Subject(s) - tropical cyclone , flooding (psychology) , storm , meteorology , severe weather , geography , climatology , legislation , environmental science , environmental resource management , political science , geology , law , psychology , psychotherapist
Newly‐enacted U.S. legislation to reduce the threat of inland flooding from tropical storms could provide a “laser beam“ focus to dealing with this natural hazard, according to Rep. Bob Etheridge (D‐N.C.), the chief sponsor of the bill. The Tropical Cyclone Inland Forecasting Improvement and Warning System Development Act, (PL. 107‐253), signed into law on 29 October, authorizes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's U.S. Weather Research Program (USWRP) to improve the capability to accurately forecast inland flooding from tropical storms through research and modeling.