On Tuesday, September 10th, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Scientific Development Squadron (VXS-1) airdropped 16 instruments in the path of Hurricane Francine. This included surface wave buoys and subsurface water level sensors. Now in the third and final rapid response season of the NHCI project, this airdrop enabled key observations of Hurricane Francine as it made landfall on Wednesday, September 11th.
Deltares presented their results on coastal flooding and damages due to hurricanes Ian (2022), Idalia (2023), Beryl (2024) and Francine (2024) at ICCE2024 and in Storymap.
A tool for production of rapid-repeat high-resolution coastal vegetation maps has been developed.
NOPP hosted a series of five virtual sessions in June and July of 2024 for the public to learn about the contributions and activities of the nine NOPP Hurricane Coastal Impacts (NHCI) project teams.