“In some ways, I think this event is going to far surpass what we saw in Tropical Storm Allison,” Dr. Shepherd said. Several scientists stressed that while the damage of Hurricane Harvey was unrelenting, it was not unexpected. “This, honestly, is playing out, unfortunately, exactly as we thought it would several days ago,” Dr. Shepherd said. “There was always a one-two punch with this particular storm, but we were always more concerned about the ‘two,’ the rainfall,” Dr. Shepherd said. Rick Luettich is director of the University of North Carolina’s Institute of Marine Sciences and an internationally recognized expert on storm surge, and a principal developer of the ADCIRC computer programs, which can be used to predict storm surge.

Source: New York Times August 28, 2017 09:00 UTC