{"685648":{"#nid":"685648","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fixing Flooding for the Southeast\u2019s Future","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFlooding dominated the headlines of summer 2025. Atypical storms and rising rivers in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/08\/us\/texas-flood-factors\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETexas Hill Country\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E washed away an entire summer camp. Glacial snow melt, combined with flash river floods, caused hundreds of deaths in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/08\/1165730\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPakistan\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. As the Atlantic hurricane season hits its peak, Americans wait to see if another storm may be as unexpectedly devastating as 2024\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/data\/tcr\/AL092024_Helene.pdf\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHurricane Helene\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFlooding can be an existential threat, affecting everything from infrastructure to health. Georgia Tech researchers are developing solutions to monitor and forecast flooding, as well as restore ecosystems to prevent future flooding. These efforts support communities\u2019 resilience in the face of climate change and keep the U.S. secure.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/feature\/fixing-flooding\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead more \u00bb\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers use models to monitor flooding and improve the resilience of coastal cities."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech researchers are developing solutions to monitor and forecast flooding, as well as restore ecosystems to prevent future flooding. These efforts support communities\u2019 resilience in the face of climate change and keep the U.S. secure.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech researchers are developing solutions to monitor and forecast flooding, as well as restore ecosystems to prevent future flooding. These efforts support communities\u2019 resilience in the face of climate change and keep the U.S. secure."}],"uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-10-10 13:42:15","changed_gmt":"2025-10-10 13:46:12","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2025-10-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"678325":{"id":"678325","type":"image","title":"Post-hurricane flooding inundates residential areas and transportation infrastructure, with low-lying terrain overwhelmed by storm surge and excessive rainfall.","body":null,"created":"1760103827","gmt_created":"2025-10-10 13:43:47","changed":"1760103827","gmt_changed":"2025-10-10 13:43:47","alt":"Post-hurricane flooding inundates residential areas and transportation infrastructure, with low-lying terrain overwhelmed by storm surge and excessive rainfall.","file":{"fid":"262338","name":"flooding-feature-6.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/10\/10\/flooding-feature-6.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/10\/10\/flooding-feature-6.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":168546,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/10\/10\/flooding-feature-6.jpg?itok=7tOOgjB-"}}},"media_ids":["678325"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"192254","name":"cos-climate"},{"id":"51591","name":"flooding"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}