Soon after taking office, Mayor John Cooper signed the Global Covenant of Mayors, committing the city to creating plans to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.
‘We can’t ignore this.’ How a Bellevue development reflects climate and flood issues amid Nashville’s growth
Building homes — while balancing the affordability plight, historic racism in zoning, local physical features and the climate crisis — is complicated.
Climate change has made ‘100-year storms’ four times more likely in Nashville
Flooding risks are based on probability, but the standard equations may be outdated — or at least misunderstood.
Nashville rainstorms are getting wetter. How much? 12% wetter in the past five decades.
From a basic perspective, more rain can mean more flooding. But the science of how climate change affects flooding is a little more complex.
Tornadoes, landslides and floods are easier to forecast with ‘mesonets.’ Tennessee may get one soon.
Weather forecasting, climate studies and landslide awareness could improve soon in Tennessee. State lawmakers have just proposed legislation to establish a statewide “mesonet,” which could ultimately be a network of ground-level weather stations in every county in Tennessee.
A Tennessee professor is building tech that detects floods, with rural communities like Waverly in mind
To respond to the parallel risks of worsening floods and data scarcity, a Tennessee Technological University professor started building prototypes of a low-cost flood sensor.
A year later, Waverly remembers the 20 lives lost to flood
In August 2021, a nearly 21-inch rainfall sent massive streams of water through the town of Waverly and surrounding areas. A year later, the evidence is written on broken pipes, stained buildings and the faces of its citizens.
Waverly’s flood recovery has a long way to go, and the deaths and departures make for an uncertain future
It’s been one year since a flood tore through Waverly, Tenn., and killed 20 people. There’s been lots of effort to rebuild, but it’s still unclear if the town will ever be the same.
Extreme rainfall in Tennessee is revealing a hidden health threat — hazardous chemical facilities
In the U.S., more than 11,000 facilities have “extremely” hazardous chemicals in amounts that could harm people, the environment and property if released. About a third are located in areas with prominent climate hazards, like wildfires, storm surges, flooding and sea level rise. In Tennessee, the main threat is flooding.
Severe weather is expected Wednesday in Tennessee — with a possibility of tornadoes
Damaging winds, tornadoes and hail may hit Tennessee on Wednesday evening. The National Weather Service forecast severe weather across the region, with the highest risk in West Tennessee and the northwestern portion of Middle Tennessee.
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