Pakistan’s health crisis: Inside & outside the flood zone
SEATTLE, Wash. Jan. 18, 2023 – Before Pakistan plunged into a cataclysmic health emergency from its worst flooding disaster, the ...
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Dam safety: New study indicates probable maximum flood events will significantly increase over next 80 years
The flood capacity of dams could be at greater risk of being exceeded, due to out-of-date modelling for potential maximum ...
Finding the way: examining flood evacuation route choices in Kampong settlements in Indonesia
Emergency evacuation is an important disaster response action. Recent frequent instances of natural and man-made disasters necessitate effective evacuation planning. ...
Seismic sensing reveals flood damage potential
Rapidly evolving floods are a major and growing hazard worldwide. Currently, their onset and evolution is hard to identify using ...
Climate change exacerbated hurricane Harvey’s flood damage, hitting low-income and Latinx neighborhoods disproportionately harder
New research published today shows that if it were not for the impact of climate change, up to 50 percent ...
New flood maps clarify the risk homeowners face
Flooding in urban areas cost Americans more than $106 billion between 1960 and 2016, damaging property, disrupting businesses and claiming ...
Study shows mangrove and reef restoration yield positive returns on investment for flood protection
A new analysis demonstrates that restoration of mangroves and coral reefs can be a cost-effective solution for coastal flood reduction ...
Study explores uncertainties in flood risk estimates
Flood frequency analysis is a technique used to estimate flood risk, providing statistics such as the “100-year flood” or “500-year ...
The road to success when it comes to mitigating flood disasters
Australia has experienced one of the worst flood disasters on record in the eastern states this year, with 23 people ...
Study develops framework for forecasting contribution of snowpack to flood risk during winter storms
Reno, Nev. (May 3, 2022) – In the Sierra Nevada, midwinter “rain-on-snow” events occur when rain falls onto existing snowpack ...
Immersive VR: Empowering kids to survive in fire, flood, and war
When you live in the driest State in the driest country in the world, bushfires are an unfortunate, and all-too-regular ...
Real-time flood sensors, urban farms, autonomous cars, dancing drones and more at NYU Tandon’s Research Excellence Exhibit
BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, April 21, 2022 – The NYU Tandon School of Engineering will showcase over 40 innovative and ...
New study shows flood risk for Iowa farmland
As farmers ready for planting season, a new study examines the flood risk for all cropland in Iowa. Credit: Justin Torner, ...
Losing a hectare of wetlands could cost upward of $8,000 in flood damages
A first-of-its-kind article coauthored by scholars at Resources for the Future (RFF) and Columbia University in the journal American Economic Review finds that the ...
Study: US flood damage risk is underestimated
In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers used artificial intelligence to predict where flood damage is likely to ...
Future hurricanes likely to pose much greater flood risk to US East and Gulf coasts
Extreme flooding events spawned by hurricanes are likely to become far more frequent along the Eastern and Southern U.S. coastlines ...
Geosapiens receives funding from the Canadian Space Agency to optimize flood management
Geosapiens receives nearly $300,000 in funding from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to develop innovative approaches that use Earth observation ...
Increased frequency of extreme ice melting in Greenland raises global flood risk
Global warming has caused extreme ice melting events in Greenland to become more frequent and more intense over the past ...
Concordia researchers develop a new model to assess for flood hazards
The widespread flooding that submerged parts of the province’s most densely populated regions in 2017 and 2019 exposed important gaps in Quebec’s flood preparedness ...
After the flood disaster in western Germany: what science must find answers to
On 14 July 2021, between 60 and 180 mm of rain fell in the Eifel region in just 22 hours ...