USA – Tropical Storm Gordon to Bring Heavy Rain
Tropical Storm Gordon made a second landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border late on Tuesday, 04 September, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph / 112 km/h, according to…
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Afghanistan – Deadly Flash Floods Hit Kunar Province
Local media in Afghanistan are reporting that at least 11 people have died in flash floods in the eastern province of Kunar, along the border with Pakistan. Heavy rain fell…
Sudan – Flooding Leaves 23 Dead, 50,000 Displaced
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) reports that heavy rains in Sudan since mid-July have caused severe flooding. As many as 8,900 families…
Munich Re – Fewer Severe Natural Disasters in the First Half of the Year; Overall Losses Below the Average
Munich Re, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions, has reported fewer severe natural disasters in the first half of the year, making…
Artificial Intelligence and Urban Flood Prevention
The Horizon 2020 CENTAUR project has developed an innovative solution to the increasing problem of urban flooding, a problem that has the potential to affect thousands of people in urban…
Tonga Launches New 10-Year Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management
Tonga has launched a revised Joint National Action Plan on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management (JNAP2). The plan will play a central role in guiding Tonga’s efforts to build…
Laos – Scientists Deploy Damage Assessment Tool in Flood Relief Efforts
The July 23 failure of the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam unleashed more than 130 billion gallons of water on rural villages in southern Laos, in Southeast Asia, devastating thousands…
NASA Captures Monsoon Rains Bringing Flooding to India
NASA provided estimates monsoon rainfall that affected India from Aug. 13 to 20. The above average monsoon rains resulted in severe flooding in parts of India. Hardest hit was the…
South East Asia – Floods Affect 130,000 After Tropical Storm
Tropical Storm Bebinca brought torrential rain to parts of South East Asia from 17 August, 2018, causing flooding and landslides that have affected 130,000 and left at least 2 dead.…
India – Deadly Flash Floods in Madhya Pradesh
At least 8 people were swept away and forty-five people left stranded by flash floods in Sultangarh Water Fall in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh, India. Local media reports that between…
Europe Needs Coastal Adaptation Measures to Avoid Catastrophic Flooding by the End of the Century
Without increased investment in coastal adaptation, the expected annual damage caused by coastal floods in Europe could increase from €1.25 billion today to between €93 billion and €961 billion by…
Canada – Cost of Flood Losses in Maritimes Could Increase by Up to 300%
The financial costs of flooding in Canada’s maritime region could spike by 300 per cent by the end of the century if steps are not taken to address the impacts…
EU Mobilises €6 million for Disaster Preparedness in South and South East Asia
As South East Asia is faced with the yearly monsoon season and its potentially devastating effects, the European Commission has released €6 million for disaster preparedness initiatives in the region.…
New Study Puts a Figure on Sea-Level Rise Following Antarctic Ice Shelves’ Collapse
An international team of scientists has shown how much sea level would rise if Larsen C and George VI, two Antarctic ice shelves at risk of collapse, were to break…
Global Study of World’s Beaches Shows Threat to Protected Areas
A first-of-its-kind survey of the world’s sandy shorelines with satellite data found that they have increased slightly on a global scale over the past three decades but decreased in protected…
NASA Online Flood Management Training, July to August 2018
NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) will provide an 2 online webinar series from July 25 – August 16. Starting with an insightful guide to Monitoring Urban Floods Using Remote Sensing,…
