NU Online News Service, May 4, 2:51 p.m. EDT

Funding from the federal government is "paving a path toward revolutionizing the modeling of storm surge," a Texas University scientist told members of a Senate committee at a hearing held Monday.

The flood-water scientist, Clint Dawson, made his comments at a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee titled "America's National Disaster Preparedness: Are Federal Investments Paying Off?"

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