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Are Coastal Virginia Home Values Sinking from Sea Level Rise? - Coastal Virginia Magazine - March-April 2019 - Virginia Beach, VA Certain neighborhoods in the Hampton Roads region are bearing the brunt of the flooding burden from sea level rise as home values sink.

What are some of the decision support models used to assess approaches for restoration of critical civil and social infrastructures following disruptions from extreme events such as hurricanes? Hear about the research from Richard Little of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute during the next Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at ODU and ODURC seminar series on Monday, March 25.

Spring 2019 CCPO Seminar Series Cynthia Tomovic Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, ODU andVukica Jovanović Department of Engineering Technology, ODU

ODU faculty and students will simulate a tornado drill at Webb Center at 9:45 a.m.Tuesday as part of the statewide drill. Stop by to learn more!

Do you know what to do if a tornado hits Hampton Roads? In partnership with the National Weather Service, Virginia will hold its annual tornado drill Tuesday morning.

Sunny-day flooding, which Norfolk has more of than in previous years, is creating a new source of water pollution. Margaret Mulholland, a biological oceanographer at ODU, has started measuring what kinds of pollutants the high tides bring into our local waters.

How areas flood, even on sunny days — it’s a thing Column: One of the most obvious results of global climate change is found in Norfolk, Wilmington and Charleston.

[Seminar alert!] The next Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at ODU and ODURC seminar will feature Dr. Jacob Hochard from the Department of Economics at East Carolina University presenting a study linking hurricane forecasts and birth rates, illustrating feedbacks in human-natural systems and shows the social implications of projected increased hurricane activity. Join us in person on Monday, March 18 at 3:30 p.m. in IRP II, or online.

Spring 2019 CCPO Seminar Series Cynthia Tomovic Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, ODU andVukica Jovanović Department of Engineering Technology, ODU

A local group, Stop the Flooding NOW, partnered with ODU's own Michelle Covi, has been recognized for their community engagement and efforts.

Grassroots Group Commended for Work on Flooding by Virginia House - Eos Stop the Flooding NOW was founded by Virginia Beach residents who wanted to take action to address the chronic flooding in their community.

Seminar alert! Monday's seminar from Dr. David Pezza from the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at ODU will describe an approach based on integrated systems thinking that can be used to guide decisions about responses of coastal communities to climate change. Join us in person or via the streaming link:

Spring 2019 CCPO Seminar Series Cynthia Tomovic Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, ODU andVukica Jovanović Department of Engineering Technology, ODU

When asked about flooding in Hampton Roads, 63 percent of survey respondents said it had increased and 23.9 percent said it had stayed the same, staying consistent with the past four years of surveys.

Life in Hampton Roads: Local Residents Concerned About Sea Level Rise and Flood Risks More than half of the respondents interviewed for the annual survey say the flooding in Hampton Roads has increased over the past 30 years.