John Galantowicz

Ph.D.
Senior Manager Verisk AER Science

FloodScan’s Latest Flood Maps for California, February 5, 2024

By John Galantowicz
February 6, 2024

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Get daily maps of flooding in California from FloodScan

By John Galantowicz
January 13, 2023

AER’s FloodScan system has been mapping flooding daily throughout California since early January [1]. Anyone can use the FloodScan data browser to view flood maps and place orders for GIS-compatible GeoTiff files of FloodScan’s products. FloodScan data browser registration is free and requires only a valid email address.   Image 1: FloodScan Maximum Daily Flood Extent Depiction (MFED) product f...

Rainfall from Hurricane Ian floods Florida

By John Galantowicz
October 28, 2022

Hurricane Ian hit Florida on September 28, 2022 as a Category 4 hurricane. Ian’s eye made landfall first on Cayo Costa island around 3:00 pm EDT [1] and on the Florida mainland south of Punta Gordo near Pirate Harbor around 4:30 pm EDT [2]. The National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center 5:00 pm EDT advisory [3] reported “catastrophic storm surge, winds, and flooding,” maximum sustaine...

Hurricane Ida brings flooding and power outages to Louisiana

By John Galantowicz
September 2, 2021

AER FloodScan Team | September 02, 2021

Hurricane Barry -- Flooding in lower Mississippi Valley

By John Galantowicz
August 21, 2019

AER FloodScan & Hurricane Barry