This is a lesson for lower elementary age students, with the intent that it be taught to third graders.  It is a lesson which reviews weather vocabulary, weather related effects, and activities for students to develop a model of how to reduce the effects of extreme weather events. Image Created by:  Keri VancePhoto Taken by:  Keri Vance Metadata:  weather, extreme weather, model solution, UTSEEd.3.1.3; created by Keri Vance

A federal study assessed vulnerabilities of transportation infrastructure to extreme events in Mobile, Alabama. The effort also resulted in tools and approaches that other transportation departments can use to assess and address their own vulnerabilities.

In the wake of a hurricane and beset by an economic recession, the University of Texas Medical Branch on Galveston Island rebuilt for future resilience.