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UK – BRE Group Launches Flood Resilient Home, Hopes to Reduce Insurance Premiums

UK – BRE Group Launches Flood Resilient Home, Hopes to Reduce Insurance Premiums

20 March, 2017

With Storms Desmond, Eva and Frank that battered parts of Britain between early December 2015 and early January 2016 causing damage that estimated to cost insurers £1.3 billion (US$1.58bn) in…

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UK – Finding a Place for Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) in Flood Protection

UK – Finding a Place for Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) in Flood Protection

12 March, 2017

The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) recently published a report containing its findings on the barriers to the implementation of Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) in England, following…

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Zimbabwe – Hundreds Displaced as Flood Threat Continues

Zimbabwe – Hundreds Displaced as Flood Threat Continues

2 March, 2017

Zimbabwe continues to be plagued by the threat of heavy rain and flooding in the wake of the passage of Tropical Cyclone Dineo across southeastern Africa in the week of…

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Mozambique – Tropical Cyclone Dineo Leaves 4 Dead

Mozambique – Tropical Cyclone Dineo Leaves 4 Dead

16 February, 2017

Tropical Storm Dineo (TC 05S), which formed in the Mozambique Channel between southeast Africa and Madagascar earlier this week, was upgraded to Tropical Cyclone status just before it made landfall…

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Floating Architecture – Makoko Floating School

Floating Architecture – Makoko Floating School

10 February, 2017

Over the last few weeks, FloodList has published a series of articles on floating architecture, looking at different ways designers and architects have approached the problem of providing homes and…

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GARD – Getting Airports Ready for Disaster Training Program

GARD – Getting Airports Ready for Disaster Training Program

7 February, 2017

DHL is a household name in the courier and freight logistics industries, but less well-known is that the Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) group has been involved in an airport disaster…

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Floating City Apps – Floating Facilities for Flood Prone Areas

Floating City Apps – Floating Facilities for Flood Prone Areas

6 February, 2017

A previous article in our series on floating architecture highlighted the work of Dutch architecture firm Architectstudio Marlies Bohmer in creating the floating community of Waterbuurt in Amsterdam. The point…

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Protecting Heritage Resources From Flooding – the US Experience

Protecting Heritage Resources From Flooding – the US Experience

21 December, 2016

In an earlier article “Is Enough Being Done to Protect European Cultural Heritage Resources From Flood Risk?” FloodList examined the process of incorporating disaster protection for heritage resources into broader…

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Floating Communities: A Solution to Rising Sea Levels?

Floating Communities: A Solution to Rising Sea Levels?

12 December, 2016

With rising sea levels accompanying climate change, and a shortage of developable land in rapidly urbanising regions, are floating cities a feasible solution? Several Floodlist articles highlight populated areas in…

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Zimbabwe – Flood Warnings Issued Across the Country

Zimbabwe – Flood Warnings Issued Across the Country

9 December, 2016

Zimbabwe’s Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of heavy rainfall,  thunderstorms and severe localized downpours and the possibility of associated flash flooding in the Matabeleland North and Midlands Provinces, all…

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Depave – the Community-Based Approach to Storm Water Management

Depave – the Community-Based Approach to Storm Water Management

1 December, 2016

In our series A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction, about Low Impact Development (LID) and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), there are many examples of ways to encourage…

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South Africa – Deadly Flash Floods Hit Johannesburg

South Africa – Deadly Flash Floods Hit Johannesburg

10 November, 2016

At least one person is confirmed dead and seven reported missing in Johannesburg, South Africa, after flash flooding hit the eastern suburbs of the country’s largest city on Wednesday 09…

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Is Enough Being Done to Protect European Cultural Heritage Resources From Flood Risk?

Is Enough Being Done to Protect European Cultural Heritage Resources From Flood Risk?

4 November, 2016

It is 50 years today since the devastating floods in the city of Florence, Italy. It is thought that over 100 people died in the flooding, with around 20,000 people…

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Using Drones for Flood Disaster Risk Reduction, Assessment and Recovery

Using Drones for Flood Disaster Risk Reduction, Assessment and Recovery

26 October, 2016

The presence of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s), or ‘drones’ as they are commonly known, has grown exponentially in a wide variety of fields over the last few years, including in…

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Benin Develops a Co-Ordinated Early Warning System for Weather Related Hazards

Benin Develops a Co-Ordinated Early Warning System for Weather Related Hazards

5 October, 2016

All the various institutions that collect and disseminate weather and climate information in the West African country of Benin are now working together under one umbrella. These include the meteorological…

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India – Palsar Remote Sensing Enables Accurate Flood-Mapping of Bihar State

India – Palsar Remote Sensing Enables Accurate Flood-Mapping of Bihar State

4 October, 2016

In a floodlist article of 25 August, 2016, it was reported that the Bihar State disaster management department in India had estimated that the current floods had affected almost 3…

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