Disaster Response
From site assessments to recovery work, civil engineers play a crucial role in disaster response, ensuring that communities build back safer and more resilient.
In episode 128 of ASCE Plot Points, Sarah McEwen and Shawn Miller share stories from the recent water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, as the city seeks a pathway toward resilience.
Thousands of residents of Jackson, Mississippi, went days without safe drinking water following last week’s excessive rainfall that flooded the Pearl River and caused pumps to fail at a nearby water treatment plant.
It’s been a difficult 10 months in Kentucky, with the state besset by torandoes and flooding.
As the world grows warmer, engineers strive to protect and preserve our threatened infrastructure from wildfires and heat waves.
Drones can provide sky-high views during storm search and rescue operations.
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When disasters strike, civil and structural engineers can play critical roles on search and rescue teams because they understand the built environment.
The ASCE Texas Section Beyond Storms Infrastructure Network Resilience Task Committee assessed the aftermath of February 2021’s severe winter storms in Texas, determine what happened and why, and develop recommendations for future change.
Social media feeds filled this week with people helping the affected communities, and ASCE members and civil engineers, as is typically the case in similar post-disaster situations, were front and center helping.
Despite the region's post-Sandy preparation, the historic rainfall that arrived with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overwhelmed portions of the transportation system.
PG&E is undergrounding the lines in the $20 billion project to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires in the state.