East Coast Hurricanes Cause Midwest Floods
A new report from researchers at the University of Iowa claims that North Atlantic tropical cyclones can have a significant impact on parts of the midwest, and can cause flooding…
Flood Protection
Flood risk, warning and protection
Meeriyabedda – How Disaster Preparation Broke Down in Sri Lanka
Torrential monsoon rain across parts of southern India and Sri Lanka during the last 4 or 5 days of October 2014, led to flooding and several landslides in Sri Lanka.…
Flood Forecasting Improvements – Warnings Could be 3 Days in Advance
A new study says that the forecasting of heavy rain and floods could be improved by examining water vapour. It is hoped that this approach means that flood warnings could…
UK Floods – Improved Flood warning System for Hull
The UK’s Environment Agency has developed the new system to provide quicker and more specific warnings to the public when they are at risk from river or coastal flooding using…
Improved Flood Warnings for South West England
Learning some of the lessons of the winter floods of 2013 and 2014, the UK’s Environment Agency has announced it has made significant improvements to its flood warning service for…
Somerset Levels Dredging Completed
The dredging of an 8km stretch of the Rivers Parrett and Tone in Somerset has now been completed. The dredging was one of the first actions of the 20 year…
UK National Flood Action Campaign – “Floods destroy – be prepared”
After the seemingly endless flooding of last winter, the UK Environment Agency has launched a 2 week national flood action campaign entitled ‘Floods destroy – be prepared’. The campaign is…
NASA’s $32 Billion Facilities and the Fight Against Rising Sea Levels
A new study has revealed that sea level rises over the next 30 years will threaten NASA’s coastal facilities. NASA has approximately $32 billion in constructed assets, many of which…
Wetlands Can Reduce CO2 and Floods
Wetlands act as our natural flood protection. They trap then slowly release surface water over time. This ability to store water in times of increased rainfall helps prevent flooding. Draining…
Cedar Rapids Flood Mitigation System
The Cedar River, which runs through the middle of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has a long history of flooding. During the devastating June 2008 flood, the river crested at over 31…
South East Europe – Region Wide Approach to Flood Warnings
In an attempt to increase resilience to floods and other natural disasters, a group of countries in south eastern Europe aim to develop a new cross-border multi-hazard early warning system.…
Threat To Rivers as Hydropower Gets Set For Global Boom
Scientists predict a doubling in production of renewable energy from hydropower over the next 20 years, but building new dams will have a damaging effect on some of the world’s…
Guardian Evacuations App Wins Resilience Prize
Guardian Evacuations — an app written by Leon Storey and Gareck Packer that gets people to their closest evacuation centre during a storm, flood or other natural disaster — was…
Nepal Disaster Preparedness Needs to go Local
After a summer of floods and landslides, and more recently deadly avalanches, Nepal Disaster Preparedness Needs to go Local, says a report by IRIN News. KATHMANDU, 17 October 2014 (IRIN)…
Louisiana and Genoa – Millions in Unused Mitigation Funds
In two separate parts of the world, the residents of two cities are finding themselves facing an increased risk of flooding as a result of official incompetence. $812 million in…
Predicting Floods in the Andes Mountains
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) have announced a new forecasting method for predicting extreme floods in the Andes mountains which could allow for improved disaster preparedness and is…
