Residents Know When Floods Happen, But Data Must Catch Up

Residents Know When Floods Happen, But Data Must Catch Up

As a Ph.D. student studying the impacts of coastal flooding in Annapolis, Md., Miyuki Hino heard from people familiar with the area that rain caused flooding, but the conventional method of measuring floods wasn’t picking it up. Tide gauges located in oceans and bays, which Hino and other scientists typically use to detect coastal floods, do not necessarily reflect flooding on land, leaving researchers, city planners, and forecasters with little…