Another challenge is determining how well they retain and process water given storms of different intensity, duration and frequency, William said. (sciencedaily.com)
For instance, in the case of Superstorm Sandy, which hit the Northeast coast in 2012, Gary Lackmann, a scientist at North Carolina State University, analyzed the question: Given the storm happened, did climate change make it worse? (scientificamerican.com)
In 2001, ESA announced that SOHO researchers were giving storm watchers an extra week's notice of eruption risks. (space.com)