Texas A&M Oceanography researchers observed abnormal water conditions during regularly scheduled sampling March 23 at several sites in Galveston Bay. Toxicity data from water samples will be available after April 8.
A Texas A&M-led team is conducting is conducting research to better understand how urban residential wood-framed buildings are damaged from strong earthquakes at the world’s largest shake table in Japan to improve disaster recovery timetables.
People stand in a flooded neighborhood as Texas moved toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey on September 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture City planning staff in Norfolk, Va., a coastal city of 243,000,…
Erin Wilkens decontaminates flood victims. By Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Staff Early June 2016 brought devastating floods and tornadoes to southeast Texas. In emergency situations such as these, it is important to have safe and efficient evacuation plans prepared for our communities, including our family…
By Rae Lynn Mitchell, Texas A&M University Health Science Center One of the major tasks for local government is planning ways for the community to recover from disasters. Research has shown that to work well, disaster recovery plans need to involve the public. Without public participation, recovery plans…