Flood risk, warning and protection
The Environment Agency has announced plans to map England’s entire landscape by 2020, using the data to assess flood risk and inform conservation work. Using aircraft equipped with laser scanners,…
In the aftermath of hurricanes Irma and Maria, which wreaked havoc across the Caribbean in September 2017, the European Commission has mobilised an additional €3.3 million to support preparedness initiatives…
The Irish Minister of State for the Office of Public Works & Flood Relief, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran T.D gave an update on progress with the whole of Government response to…
JAKARTA, Dec 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Whenever floods hit her one-room shack in northern Jakarta, Irma Susanti hangs her most precious furniture – a bed and a table –…
Next phase of Leeds flood protection plans set to be submitted to government is to have a strong focus on Natural Flood Management (NFM), with proposals to plant hundreds of…
SUVA, Dec 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On a muddy beach, under the glaring Fijian sun, villagers living on the banks of Laucala Bay in the capital of Suva carefully…
The Environment Agency’s £100m Boston Barrier – which will better protect more than 14,000 properties from tidal flooding – has been given the green light by the Secretary of State…
The floods that deluged parts of Victoria over the weekend are the latest in the state’s long history of flooding, following on from major floods in 2010, 2011, 2012 and…
The Government of Uganda and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a new project on “building community resilience, wetlands ecosystems and associated catchments in Uganda.” The project aims to…
Investing in ‘green infrastructure’ like restoring floodplains or wetlands to bolster flood prevention not only generates more environmental and socio-economic benefits, especially in the long term, but also lowers the…
Amsterdam, November 20, 2017 – Despite loss of life and economic devastation worldwide due to increasingly frequent natural and man-made disasters, scientific research on disasters represents a small percentage of…
Researchers from the Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering of the University of Seville have published a study in which they indicate that it would be necessary to have between…
A new study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds that the annual risk of extreme rainfall will rise from 1 to 18 percent in Texas. As the city of Houston…
A new plan aims to take a hard look at two big problems: Uncollected trash clogging sewers and construction on drainage systems. KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) –…
A community of students and young professionals are developing a digital map of their country and plotting flood-prone areas on their smartphones. NIAMEY, Oct 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Fatima…
Every year, flooding hits communities across Canada causing millions of dollars in property damage and stress to homeowners. New research from the University of Waterloo, funded by the Standards Council…
