Month: July 2021

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FEMA Hazus uses CERA as validation tool

FEMA’s Hazus Program provides standardized tools and data for estimating risk from earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and hurricanes. 

We have recently learned that the FEMA Hazus Development Group uses our CERA storm surge guidance visualization system to validate the development of a data tool for integrating hazard data into the FEMA Hazus application.

Thank you FEMA for the trust in the quality of the provided data through the CERA site at https://cera.coastalrisk.live

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Tropical Storm Elsa has formed in the Atlantic

The fifth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season formed over the Atlantic early Thursday (July 1).

According to the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Elsa tracks westward at a quick pace of 25 mph.

Together with our partners at Seahorse Coastal Consulting , LSU High Performance Center, and the Texas Advanced Computing Center , the CERA Group has started storm surge guidance using the storm surge model ADCIRC.

You can follow real-time updates on the CERA website at https://cera.coastalrisk.live