Flood risk, warning and protection
LINKS, a project funded by the European Commission, is identifying ways to strengthen disaster resilience through the uses of Social Media and Crowdsourcing technologies. The project brings together 15 participating…
What do you have on your 2020 Bingo Card? Wildfire, heat wave, global pandemic, or flooding? If it’s flooding, then it’s a good bet it will happen in many places…
BARCELONA, Oct 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When forecasts of severe flooding on Bangladesh’s Jamuna River came through in early July, U.N. aid officials did not just wait and hope…
MUMBAI, Oct 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s southern city of Hyderabad is known as a high-tech hub – but its infrastructure is looking increasingly dated in an era of…
The Understanding Risk BC (URBC) 2020 symposium is taking place now through November, with online sessions for inspiration and collaboration to enhance resilience and improve disaster recovery. Hundreds of engaged…
BUDALANGI, Kenya, Aug 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women dashed around open kitchens dotted across the playground of Bubango Primary School, preparing to feed the hundreds of children who now…
The UK government currently spends £2.6 billion on flood defences in England, and that amount is set to double by 2026. Flooding in February 2020 showed how that’s likely to…
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…
In tsunami preparedness, it turns out there can be strength in beauty. Rows of green hills strategically arranged along coastlines can help to fend off destruction from tsunamis while preserving…
LONDON, April 23 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Asia faces surging threats from coastal and river flooding as climate change brings more intense rainfall and rising seas – but investing now…
Countries from India to the Philippines, already struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, are likely to also battle weather-related crises, from heat waves to cyclones, in coming months, disaster experts warned…
A recent Johns Hopkins University study found that impervious surfaces found in urban areas significantly increase the potential for flooding. For every percentage point increase in roads, parking lots and…
HAMMAMET, Tunisia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The trunks of two palm trees lie flat on the white sand outside the Sultan Hotel in Hammamet, Tunisia, a stark sign of the…
The intense rainfall from storms this winter has caused severe flooding in numerous cities across the UK. The storms have left at least eight people dead, and economic losses have…
BINGA, Zimbabwe, March 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Anyone driving through Binga, in western Zimbabwe, is greeted by a vision of the past dotted along the tarred road: thatched homes…
Scientists agree that sea levels will continue to rise this century, but projections beyond 2050 are much more uncertain regarding exactly how much higher ocean levels will be by 2100.…
