The Environment Agency has been working in Cumbria and Yorkshire to aid communities recovering from the record-breaking December 2015 floods. Cumbria Since the devastating floods of early December 2015, the…
The UK government have announced they will be allocating an extra £700 million ($995 million US) towards funding for flood defence in England and Wales. The extra budget will allow…
A new partnership between Breaking Data, Pacific Disaster Center, and Kontur Labs will hopefully reduce natural disaster risks with the help of social media. Pacific Disaster Center will be bringing…
NASA has signed an agreement with the city of Rio de Janeiro to monitor disaster and risk responses in the area. Various agencies within the city have partnered up with…
The Canadian parliament anticipate that the effects of climate change will rocket over the next five years, costing over $900 million dollars per year. Floods, hurricanes and storms are on…
Cuts to the fire service are leaving more and more communities at risk when flooding strikes, according to a recent report by the by the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) in…
Two videos have been released online showing the extent of flood damage if the Seine bursts its banks. The shocking footage shows water rising to heights of three metres, and…
The European Environment Agency recently published a report on flooding in Europe, “Floodplain management: reducing flood risks and restoring healthy ecosystems”, where researchers examined data on floods dating from 1980…
One of the most crucial aspects in flood prevention and management is knowing exactly when the incident will occur. In the past, predictive data has been good, but not good…
Floods which battered Southern parts of England in 2013 and 2014 are likely to have been caused by human-induced climate change. Oxford University recently charged a team of scientist from…
Jakarta, Indonesia, is one of the world’s most flood-prone cities. Locals to the area have feared and suffered the devastating effects of floods for years. Thirteen rivers cut through Jakarta,…
SERVIR, the satellite-based Earth monitoring system, has announced that it will expand it operations to several more countries and locations in Africa. The operation provides imaging and mapping data, geospatial…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced plans last year to invest $5.7 million into research which will ultimately improve current methods of forecasting hazardous weather. Katharine Sullivan, of…
Researchers at Penn State University have suggested drawing on social media resources to aid flood relief efforts, based on analysis of the Colorado floods which occurred in 2013. “FEMA (the…
