Oman – New Flash Flood Alert System to Launch
A new flash flood alert system is set to launch in Oman in July this year. The Oman flash flood guidance system will assist forecasters in their efforts to provide…
Flood Protection
Flood risk, warning and protection
After the December 2015 Floods – Flood Recovery in North of England
The Environment Agency has been working in Cumbria and Yorkshire to aid communities recovering from the record-breaking December 2015 floods. Cumbria Since the devastating floods of early December 2015, the…
£700m Boost for Flood Defences in England
The UK government have announced they will be allocating an extra £700 million ($995 million US) towards funding for flood defence in England and Wales. The extra budget will allow…
US Faces Floods of Climate Refugees
New research warns that more than 13 million American citizens could be at risk of being forced to move away from vulnerable coastal zones because of sea level rise. LONDON,…
It’s Time to Switch From Managing Disasters to Reducing Risk
By Christos Stylianides, European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management I am proud to celebrate the first anniversary of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction which was adopted…
Speeding Up Accuracy of Flood Risk Assessment
Research from the University of Adelaide hopes to provide advances in the planning for flood risk, thanks to a new, faster method of assessing the highly complex factors that cause…
Western Europe Coasts Face a Pounding
Extreme weather caused by global warming could lead to more violent and more frequent storms devastating beaches on exposed Atlantic coastlines in Europe, reports Tim Radford for Climate News Network.…
Flooding Alleviated by Targeted Tree Planting and River Restoration, Scientists Discover
A study by an international team of scientists, led by the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton, has shown that strategic planting of trees on floodplains could reduce the height of…
Adaptation to Increasing Flood Risk in Europe Should Aim to Reduce Impact
A JRC-led research published in Climatic Change investigated the benefits of four adaptation measures to reduce the increasing flood risk in Europe under state-of-the-art global warming projections under a high-end…
Detecting Flood Disasters by Analyzing Social Media Traffic
A new partnership between Breaking Data, Pacific Disaster Center, and Kontur Labs will hopefully reduce natural disaster risks with the help of social media. Pacific Disaster Center will be bringing…
Wetland Enhancement in Midwest Could Help Reduce Catastrophic Floods of the Future
CORVALLIS, Ore. – According to a new study from Oregon State University, restoration of wetlands in the Midwest has the potential to significantly reduce peak river flows during floods —…
Global Warming Increases Rain in World’s Driest Areas
Global warming will increase rainfall in some of the world’s driest areas over land, with not only the wet getting wetter but the dry getting wetter as well. New research…
(Rain)cloud Computing: Researchers Work to Improve How We Predict Climate Change
Rao Kotamarthi and Jiali Wang spend their days looking at a future Earth. At the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, the two scientists work on simulations and…
Brazil – Rio and NASA Team Up to Monitor Risk and Disaster Response
NASA has signed an agreement with the city of Rio de Janeiro to monitor disaster and risk responses in the area. Various agencies within the city have partnered up with…
Sea Level Rise Could Put 13 Million Americans at Risk of Flooding by 2100
Rising sea levels and growing coastal populations could put millions of people in the US at risk of flooding, a new study suggests. Sea level rise of 1.8m could inundate…
Citizen Science to Prevent the Effects of Floods
Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) are involved in the development of a mobile phone application that allows user to share information about floods and their effects aiming to…
