Flood risk, warning and protection
The spate of floods and other extreme weather events across Europe has pushed climate change adaptation onto the political agenda, according to a new survey by the European Environment Agency…
Asia has more than its fair share of natural disasters, and floods account for 40 per cent of the natural hazards affecting the region. Every year, floods cause colossal loss…
BANGKOK, 26 September 2014 (IRIN) – Among the topics being discussed at the 2014 World Climate Week in New York City (22-26 September), are financing resilient cities, corporate actions for…
Below is the second part of a series of articles by Dr. Zoi Konstantinou of EurOcean – The European Centre for Information on Marine Sciences and Technology, introducing the RISC-KIT…
By Alex Kirby for Climate News Network Foreign demand for agricultural products worth an estimated $61 billion annually is driving up the devastating rate at which tropical forest is being…
Gatwick Airport Ltd, the operator of the airport in southern England, has submitted plans to local authorities which they believe will help alleviate flooding problems for the airport. The airport…
EurOcean – The European Centre for Information on Marine Sciences and Technology – introduces RISC-KIT project, aimed at increasing coastal resilience to flooding caused by extreme weather events. RISC-KIT project…
While northen parts of Thailand are struggling with floods and landslides, in Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province, local communities have been attending disaster risk reduction (DRR) training from World Vision.…
Hundreds of scientists from 57 countries have fed evidence into a new report that provides a clear picture of how patterns, changes, and trends of the global climate system show…
A few days after the spring floods in the Upper Midwest began in June this year, FloodList took a brief look at some of the flood defences in operation in…
Parts of the upper Midwest, USA, have been fighting floods for over a week now. Communities in North and South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and especially Minnesota have all suffered. Storms…
In previous articles on this site, the roles of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM’s) and Elevation Certificates as components of the US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) were examined. One…
Two recently published research papers reveal the need for a radical rethinking on flood resilience. The first report, a collaboration with the Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the…
Underground flood tunnels are expensive mitigation options that divert river flows around important communities, re-releasing the flow downstream. Costs of flood tunnels vary depending on size and materials used. Following…
RAWALPINDI, 20 May 2014 (IRIN) – A dozen children toss a frisbee around in a park in Rawalpindi’s Gawalmandi neighbourhood, under the shadow of a 30-foot-high tower capped with two…
China Flood Conference 2014 will bring together researchers, policy makers and practitioners from Thailand and across the world to share experience and progress made in flood management research, policies and…
