As natural catastrophes, such as floods, heatwaves or wildfires are expected to become more frequent and intense in the future, mitigating their impacts through working partnerships and the dissemination of…
A new five-year plan to better protect the City of York in England against flooding was announced by the Environment Agency last week. The plan sets out our options to…
The Northeastern coast of the USA could be struck by more frequent and more powerful hurricanes in the future due to shifting weather patterns, according to new research. Hurricanes have…
The Association of British Insurers (ABI), the leading trade association for insurers in the UK, is advising anyone who has suffered damage caused by the floods and high winds as…
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reports that a tropical moisture system resulting from Hurricane Matthew that swept through Atlantic Canada last month resulted in over $100 million in insured…
Slow moving frontal systems draped over Hispaniola and a tropical wave recently caused heavy rainfall that led to wide spread flooding over the northern Dominican Republic. NASA analyzed that heavy…
A major engineering project which protects thousands of people from flooding in Northumberland, North East England, has scooped a prestigious national award. The Morpeth Flood Alleviation Scheme was named Project…
MARRAKESH, November 14, 2016 – The impact of extreme natural disasters is equivalent to a global $520 billion loss in annual consumption, and forces some 26 million people into poverty…
Montreal, November 16, 2016 – Alberta’s rivers are the main source of water for agriculture in Canada’s Prairie provinces. But climate change and increased human interference mean that the flow…
University of Texas at Dallas researchers and their colleagues have developed geospatial science methods to help the Egyptian government determine how to avoid flooding in a coastal mountain region. The…
The third in our series of cases studies in the use of drones in disaster risk reduction and recovery looks at how drones were used to carry out disaster damage…
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reports that flooding which impacted the Windsor and Tecumseh areas of Ontario, Canada, at the end of September has resulted in almost $108 million in…
The second of our series of cases studies in the use of drones in flood mapping and flood disaster risk reduction and recovery is an overview of how drones were…
Members of Parliament from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee are calling for an overhaul of flood management in England to tackle the rising risk to communities from climate…
Young people between 18 and 24 are leaving themselves vulnerable to the devastating effects of flooding, according to new figures released today by the Environment Agency. Just 1 in 4…
Results from a new report out of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo find all 10 provinces and Yukon are not as prepared for floods…
