Flood forecasting and early warning systems
Saving Italian hydRological mEasuremeNts (SIREN), a new project in Italy aims to save 70 years of hydro-meteorological measurements by crowd-sourcing the work of volunteers. The work will involve digitizing historical…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
