Portsmouth university team to study affects of Hurricane Maria

SCIENTISTS from the University of Portsmouth are using the hurricane that hit the Caribbean island of Dominica to provide guidelines for reducing the risk of natural disasters.

By The Newsroom

Published 21st Feb 2018, 06:11 BST

The team led by Dr Richard Teeuw, from the university, are surveying the damage to Dominica’s landscape, infrastructure and communities following Hurricane Maria last year.

The results of the surveys will provide guidelines for reducing vulnerability and exposure to hurricane-driven floods.

The university’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Department of Geography, geologists from University College London and civil engineers from Brunel University were given £64,000 for the survey by Natural Environment Research Council.