In the fourth article in the series “A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction“, Ed Hill looks at Low Impact Development (LID) and ‘green infrastructure’ (GI) in North…
After the harrowing impact of tsunamis on coastal areas around the Indian Ocean in December 2004 that killed up to 230,000 people, and on the Japanese coast in March 2011…
A recent report released by the European Environment Agency (EEA) at the third Open European Day at the Resilient Cities Conference in Bonn, Germany, on 5 July 2016, “Urban adaptation…
In December 2014, a FloodList article highlighted flooding threats to a number of airports internationally. A Eurocontrol study in 2008 (“Challenges of growth” environmental update study, January 2009) identified some…
In the third article in the series “A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction“, Ed Hill looks at the Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) project called “Slowing the Flow”…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) in the United States of America announced on 16 August 2016 that it had launched a new predictive model, the National Water Model.…
In the second article in the series “A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction“, Ed Hill looks at the Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) project in Manor Fields Park,…
In several recent FloodList articles relating to the Los Angeles River in the USA, and revitalising natural landscapes to reduce flood risk, how changes to our rivers and Floodplains have exacerbated…
Flooding caused by ongoing heavy rains across southern Nigeria caused at least 15 fatalities in the last week of June 2014. Heavy rains on 28 and 29 June affected Oyo…
It is reported that rainfall over the past few days has caused flooding in the southern Nigerian states of Anambra and Delta. As of 25 June, according to local media,…
In previous articles on this site, the roles of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM’s) and Elevation Certificates as components of the US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) were examined. One…
The city of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province of South Africa has been hit by severe storms driven by successive cold fronts sweeping across the southern coast of…
Underground flood tunnels are expensive mitigation options that divert river flows around important communities, re-releasing the flow downstream. Costs of flood tunnels vary depending on size and materials used. Following…
Asunción, the capital city of Paraguay, as well as other towns in the Paraguay River basin including those in the departments of Conception, San Pedro and Central, are being affected…
Heavy rains have fallen in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa over the last week, with the resultant flooding closing numerous roads and causing at least one death. On…
In a previous article on this site the role of Flood Maps as they relate to the US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was briefly examined. This article is intended…
