Ocean data to help Colombia prepare for hurricanes
Undoubtedly, 2020 will go down in the history books as a tumultuous year. It was certainly a year of disruption and unprecedented events, including the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record. Thirty tropical storms were severe enough to be named; 14 of those storms developed into hurricanes. In November 2020, two of those hurricanes – Eta and Iota – battered Colombia’s Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina within two weeks of each other. Alongside the loss of homes, the Colombian government estimates that 98 percent of the infrastructure, including roads, water, sanitation and medical centers, was damaged on the island of Providencia.
Using wave and current data to predict which locations are most vulnerable to hurricanes
To help authorities better plan and prepare for such events, researchers at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia have developed a technical agreement with the environmental institution CORALINA to use wave and current data collected from acoustic wave and current profilers to improve Colombia’s hurricane adaptation and mitigation measures…
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