Flood risk, warning and protection
In several recent FloodList articles relating to the Los Angeles River in the USA, and revitalising natural landscapes to reduce flood risk, how changes to our rivers and Floodplains have exacerbated…
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a new project for Argentina today totalling US$200 million to strengthen flood risk management in the city of Buenos Aires and improve…
ICTs can help disaster response, so long as they are fully integrated into overall systems, says Nalaka Gunawardene, writes Nalaka Gunawardene for SciDevNet. When hazards turn into disasters, they challenge…
The European Commission is launching today an Action Plan to promote disaster risk reduction and its integration in EU policies. A year ago, under the leadership of EU Commissioner for…
On 16 June, the EU Resilience Forum 2016 will bring together representatives from donor organisations, civil society groups, think-tanks and partner countries, to discuss how to reduce vulnerabilities in risk-prone…
“We need to fundamentally rewrite the rule book on how we perceive water as a hazard to towns and cities,” say researchers from the Cambridge University Centre for Risk in…
The flooding rains that have drenched eastern Australia have tragically left several people dead and several more missing in New South Wales and Tasmania. This is an all-too-common story –…
The Weather and Climate Services Regional Project in Bangladesh aims to strengthen hydro-meteorological monitoring and forecasting and improve early warning systems, vital in a country where flooding is so prevalent.…
An initiative has been formed to help African and Asian societies understand climate change-related impacts such as extreme weather events and prepare for future ones, reports Isaac Odhiambo for SciDev.Net. The…
Scientists have warned that the extra moisture in warmer air will mean more intense rainfall, but floods still leave governments unprepared, reports Alex Kirby for Climate News Network. LONDON, 5…
Management requires measurement. Soumya Balasubramanya and Yann Chemin report on how flood damage can be reduced by improving response time in Sri Lanka using open-source mobile weather stations. The International…
Sri Lanka’s deadly landslide and torrential rain point to weaknesses in sharing disaster updates. ARANAYAKE, Sri Lanka, May 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For the first 48 hours after a…
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) is set to host online training sessions on using NASA’s remote sensing for different types of disasters, including floods, landslides and earthquakes. Training…
KATHMANDU, May 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For weeks after Nepal’s worst earthquake in 80 years, the skies above the Himalayan nation vibrated with military helicopters ferrying relief, airplanes bringing…
Scientists in Australia warn that global warming will lead to more intense and concentrated summer storms seriously testing city drainage systems already struggling to cope, reports Tim Radford for Climate…
LONDON, May 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cities around the world are failing to plan for fast-increasing risks from extreme weather and other hazards, particularly as population growth and surging…
