Flood forecasting and early warning systems
To reduce risks, including loss of life, national weather alert systems must incorporate social and behavioral sciences and new technology, according to two federally sponsored reports. Weather forecasting and hazard…
Predicting when rivers across the world are likely to flood months before they do could soon be possible thanks to a unique new forecasting system. Researchers at the University of…
“With extreme weather events becoming more frequent and erratic, access to real-time, accurate information can help build resilience among vulnerable communities” PHNOM PENH, Oct 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Floods…
MZUZU, Malawi, Oct. 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a bid to help farmers cope with more extreme weather, Malawi has launched a $16 million effort to update weather stations…
Following weeks of floods that have devastated different parts of the world, leading hydrologists are working to develop the first worldwide hydrological monitoring and modelling system aimed at helping countries…
The JRC has developed a new forecasting tool to help disaster responders prevent the worst impacts of floods. The first of its kind in operation, the tool adds near real-time…
Hurricane Irma (now downgraded to a tropical storm) caused widespread devastation as it passed along the northern edge of the Caribbean island chain and then moved northwards through Florida. The…
Disaster risk reduction in the Pacific has been given a boost by the establishment of a new multi-hazard early warning system sub-regional hub in Papua New Guinea. It was inaugurated…
African leaders are coming together this week for action on modernizing weather and climate services, which inextricably link the Continent’s development, climate, and resilience agendas. Weather and climate drive nine…
Dozens of hurricane warnings are in effect as Hurricane Irma makes its way across the Caribbean, threatening 185 mph winds, 6 metres storm surges and 500 mm of rain. The…
“The water swept away food, clothes, kitchen utensils and everything I kept inside, apart from the beds” By Arun Karki TADUWA, Nepal, Aug 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was…
Gabriel Kpaka of Sierra Leone Meteorological Agency gives a meteorological perspective of the flood and landslide disaster in Regent Village, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Torrential rain in the late hours of…
On 14 August 2017, the Afghanistan Meteorological Department (AMD) issued its first flood early warning for the country’s south and southeast regions. The following day, meteorological satellite images verified that…
Communities in the Kamala River Basin in central-south Nepal are subject to recurrent floods annually. Early Warning Systems (EWS) in other river basins in Nepal have proven to be effective…
Vanuatu launched its new Tsunami early warning system earlier this month. The new system has been funded by the government of Japan. The Minister of Climate Change launched the 9…
Researchers are working hard to use satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system. The…
