Flood risk, warning and protection
Latest floods have caused acute food shortages in some areas, with household food stocks damaged and food production hampered, reports Syful Islam for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. DHAKA, Aug 17…
NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program has announced a further series of its successful online training sessions on using NASA Remote Sensing. This time the training is focused on…
In an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says Asia must invest more in…
Over the last 15 years, the use of satellite imagery for disaster management support increased significantly, from seven cases in 2000, to 123 in 2014, according to a recent review…
In the second article in the series “A New Approach to Storm-Water Management and Flood Reduction“, Ed Hill looks at the Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) project in Manor Fields Park,…
A drive by NASA to stream climate data to West African nations using its earth-observing satellites could boost crop production in a region hit hard by climate change, experts say.…
How can we better prepare for intense coastal storms? How can we predict the intensity of impending storms using real time data? How can we compare and evaluate the potential…
A computer model that can “learn” similarly to the human brain could help water resource managers mitigate damage in cases of extreme flooding, according to research published in the Pertanika…
The whole village of Tukuraki in Ba, Fiji, is about to be moved and relocated to a safer area, away from the threat of landslides and other natural hazards. Currently…
A report by the Public Library of Science on the underlying causes of vulnerability to landslides and floods in the Mount Elgon region of Uganda was published last week. The…
Communities hit hard by the floods and landslides that devastated areas of Myanmar in 2015 will receive assistance for resilient road reconstruction, livelihoods support, and recovery of the agriculture sector…
Six months on from the devastating floods of December 2015, the Environment Agency is embarking on a significant programme of repairs to flood defences damaged by the flooding. More than…
Mozambique’s second-largest city is in a race against time to protect itself from cyclones, floods and rising sea levels, reports Astrid Zweynert. Daviz Simango is one of Mozambique’s most influential…
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) aim to reduce disaster losses in some of the world’s most hazard prone cities…
Floods Minister Rory Stewart yesterday presented a new flood protection plan for communities in Cumbria, the county in north west England so badly hit by the winter floods of 2015…
The World Bank has approved a $200 million credit to strengthen Balochistan government’s initiative for community-based water management for irrigation in the Pakistan province. The initiative will involve both flood…
