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How Flood Forecasting in Real Time, With Block-by-Block Data, Could Save Lives

How Flood Forecasting in Real Time, With Block-by-Block Data, Could Save Lives

21 January, 2023

If people had known the likelihood of flooding in locations in real-time, with block-by-block data,  it’s possible many flood-related fatalities could have been avoided, writes Valeriy Ivanov, University of Michigan,…

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Researchers Propose a More Effective Method to Predict Floods

Researchers Propose a More Effective Method to Predict Floods

12 January, 2023

Researchers have identified a new method – described as a type of nonstationary flood frequency analysis – for predicting flood frequency more reliably than currently used models by considering changing…

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Early Warnings for Floods in South Africa: Engineering for Future Climate Change

Early Warnings for Floods in South Africa: Engineering for Future Climate Change

5 January, 2023

Justin Pringle of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, looks into the problems facing authorities when predicting flood events and developing warning systems in South Africa. In April 2022 the province’s coast…

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Scientists Develop Low-Cost Sensors for River Levels

Scientists Develop Low-Cost Sensors for River Levels

6 December, 2022

Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany have developed a low-cost, reliable method to monitor the water levels of rivers continuously. The sensor, which can be attached to a…

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Introduction of Southeast Asia Flash Flood Guidance System Aims to Improve Warnings

Introduction of Southeast Asia Flash Flood Guidance System Aims to Improve Warnings

11 August, 2022

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced the official launch of the Southeast Asia Flash Flood Guidance System (SeAFFGS) which aims to improve early warnings for flash floods in the region.…

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Australia – Weather Forecasts Should Include Clearer Warnings on Impacts

Australia – Weather Forecasts Should Include Clearer Warnings on Impacts

7 March, 2022

People could’ve prepared for the floods better if the impacts of weather forecasts were clearly communicated, write Kate R Saunders, Queensland University of Technology; Kate Helmstedt, Queensland University of Technology,…

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Predictive Maintenance: A Flood Sensor Network

Predictive Maintenance: A Flood Sensor Network

27 September, 2021

Marc Pégulu, VP of IoT product marketing and strategy for Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group, takes a look at how Internet of Things (IoT) solutions such as flood sensor…

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Europe’s Catastrophic Flooding Was Forecast Well in Advance – What Went So Wrong?

Europe’s Catastrophic Flooding Was Forecast Well in Advance – What Went So Wrong?

22 July, 2021

Almost 200 people dead and many others still missing. Billions of euros’ worth of damage. Communities devastated. Thousands of homes destroyed and their occupants traumatised. I am a flood forecaster…

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Report From Europe’s Flood Zone: Researcher Calls Out Early Warning System Gridlock Amid Shocking Loss Of Life

Report From Europe’s Flood Zone: Researcher Calls Out Early Warning System Gridlock Amid Shocking Loss Of Life

17 July, 2021

It was close to midnight when I received a phone call from my sister telling me that our parent’s house was under water. Neither she nor they really knew what…

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European Space Agency Researchers Developing AI Early Warning Systems for Flooding

European Space Agency Researchers Developing AI Early Warning Systems for Flooding

2 June, 2021

Researchers at Lancaster University and the European Space Agency are developing new artificial intelligence (AI) systems that could help to predict and warn of flooding by processing images and other…

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Satellite-Based Monitoring Is Needed to Prepare for Catastrophic Himalayan Floods

Satellite-Based Monitoring Is Needed to Prepare for Catastrophic Himalayan Floods

19 April, 2021

Aptly called Earth’s “Third Pole,” the Himalayan region is home to the largest ice mass outside of the planet’s polar regions. However, rising temperatures and extreme precipitation events make the…

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New Early Warning Systems Reduce False Alarms for Landslides

New Early Warning Systems Reduce False Alarms for Landslides

2 April, 2021

Many slopes in the Campania region of southwestern Italy are covered with layers of volcanic soil, the result of repeated eruptions over the course of millennia. As the impacts of…

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Launch of European Coastal Flood Awareness System

Launch of European Coastal Flood Awareness System

18 March, 2021

January 2021 saw the launch of development of a new coastal flood awareness system in Europe that could become a candidate to join the Copernicus suite of services. The Copernicus…

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New Warning System in Bangladesh to Tackle Rising Landslide Risk

New Warning System in Bangladesh to Tackle Rising Landslide Risk

30 January, 2021

DHAKA, Jan 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new system that can warn people of landslides nearly a week in advance is set to be launched in Bangladesh later this…

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Advanced Cyclone Forecasting Is Leading to Early Action – and It’s Saving Thousands of Lives

Advanced Cyclone Forecasting Is Leading to Early Action – and It’s Saving Thousands of Lives

9 June, 2020

On May 18, a massive tropical cyclone with sustained winds of nearly 150 miles per hour was barrelling across the Bay of Bengal towards the low-lying coasts of East India…

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Bangladesh Has Saved Thousands of Lives From a Devastating Cyclone – Here’s How

Bangladesh Has Saved Thousands of Lives From a Devastating Cyclone – Here’s How

9 June, 2020

The Atlantic and Caribbean hurricane season has just begun, with the world worried about the prospect of providing humanitarian relief in the context of a pandemic and lockdowns. But Bangladesh…

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