Risk models can’t rely just on the past anymore. A team of geoscientists suggests new ways to forecast evolving hazards in real time as cascading disaster risk worsens.

After the hurricane dumped more than a foot of water in Tampa, pumps at a nearby pond in Forest Hills failed. Two pumps had no back-up generator — the back-up generator on a third never came on.

A drone view shows a flooded St. Armands Circle after the area was hit by Helene in Sarasota, Florida, Sept. 27, 2024, in this still image obtained from social media video.

South Hills­borough groups, faith-based or­ga­ni­za­tions get CERT trained ahead of hurricane season BY Lizbeth Gutierrez Tampa UPDATED 7:20 AM ET May. 24, 2025 ...