Mitigating Floods with Artificial Neural Networks
A computer model that can “learn” similarly to the human brain could help water resource managers mitigate damage in cases of extreme flooding, according to research published in the Pertanika…
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Fiji – Whole Village Relocated After Landslide and Cyclone Disasters
The whole village of Tukuraki in Ba, Fiji, is about to be moved and relocated to a safer area, away from the threat of landslides and other natural hazards. Currently…
Myanmar – $200 Million for Flood Recovery and Resilience Projects
Communities hit hard by the floods and landslides that devastated areas of Myanmar in 2015 will receive assistance for resilient road reconstruction, livelihoods support, and recovery of the agriculture sector…
UK Floods – Repair and Development of Flood Defences in Yorkshire and North East
Six months on from the devastating floods of December 2015, the Environment Agency is embarking on a significant programme of repairs to flood defences damaged by the flooding. More than…
Reducing Disaster Losses in the World’s Most Hazard Prone Cities
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) aim to reduce disaster losses in some of the world’s most hazard prone cities…
Pakistan – $200 million Flood Protection and Irrigation Project in Balochistan
The World Bank has approved a $200 million credit to strengthen Balochistan government’s initiative for community-based water management for irrigation in the Pakistan province. The initiative will involve both flood…
Argentina – Improved Flood Protection for Millions in Buenos Aires
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a new project for Argentina today totalling US$200 million to strengthen flood risk management in the city of Buenos Aires and improve…
European Union Resilience Forum 2016
On 16 June, the EU Resilience Forum 2016 will bring together representatives from donor organisations, civil society groups, think-tanks and partner countries, to discuss how to reduce vulnerabilities in risk-prone…
Can We Learn to Live With Flooding?
“We need to fundamentally rewrite the rule book on how we perceive water as a hazard to towns and cities,” say researchers from the Cambridge University Centre for Risk in…
Bangladesh – Vital Support to Improve Weather Forecasting and Education
The Weather and Climate Services Regional Project in Bangladesh aims to strengthen hydro-meteorological monitoring and forecasting and improve early warning systems, vital in a country where flooding is so prevalent.…
More Than 6.8 Million US Homes at Risk of Storm Surge Damage
A recent report says that more than 6.8 million homes in the USA are at potential risk of damage from hurricane storm surge inundation. The report adds that the total…
Sri Lanka – Reducing Flood Damage by Improving Response Time
Management requires measurement. Soumya Balasubramanya and Yann Chemin report on how flood damage can be reduced by improving response time in Sri Lanka using open-source mobile weather stations. The International…
Aon Enhances Poland Flood Model as Insurance Demand Increases
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, has launched a new version of its catastrophe model to enhance understanding the financial impact of floods in Poland. Petra von Seydlitz,…
Vietnam – Vinh Phuc $150 Million Flood Control Project
The World Bank has announced that its Board of Executive Directors has approved $150 million in support for the Vinh Phuc Flood Risk and Water Management Project in Vietnam, which…
UK – River Ouseburn Diverted as Part of £7 Million Newcastle Flood Scheme
The Environment Agency in England has announced that the River Ouseburn has been diverted as part of a major scheme to tackle flooding in Brunton Park, Newcastle. Northumbrian Water and…
In Cities, Flooding and Rainfall Extremes to Rise as Climate Changes
Cities face harsher, more concentrated rainfall as climate change not only intensifies storms, but draws them into narrower bands of more intense downpours, University Of New South Wales engineers have…
