Malta’s Flood Tunnel Project
As part of our series on flood tunnels around the world, our third installment looks at the tunnel on the Mediterranean island of Malta. Malta is the third-largest island in…
Flood Protection
Flood risk, warning and protection
G-Cans Project, Tokyo – Japan’s $2.6 Billion Flood Tunnel
As part of our series of articles on flood tunnels, below we take a look at the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, also known as the G-cans project, in…
SMART Tunnel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flood tunnels are a component of a flood management system usually found in built-up urban areas where there is no space for surface canals or stormwater channels. A flood tunnel…
Radar and Mobile Phones – Flood Warning System for Nepal Farmers
With some financial aid from the World Bank, the Nepalese government is setting in place a flood and severe weather warning system for the country’s farmers. The system will rely…
Jeddah Flood Defences
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has suffered from disastrous floods twice in the last few years. In 2009 as many as 122 people were killed and the flood disaster was describes as…
India’s New Flood Watch Satellite
Last night, 25th July 2013, India successfully launched a satellite that will be dedicated to monitoring weather conditions. The launch of the satellite had been delayed. It’s unclear whether the…
Atmospheric Rivers
After the flash floods that hit parts of the United Kingdom in the last few days, UK and US scientists have suggested that such floods will be more common in…
Gujarat Flood Mapping Project
In India, the state of Gujarat has announced that it is close to completing its pilot trial of a new flood mapping project in the Mahi river basin. Once the…
Flood Warning Co-Operation
There’s an interesting report in the BBC regarding the lack of cooperation between South Asian countries in preventing timely flood warnings that could save lives and property during the monsoon…
Drones and Flood Warnings
One of the latest developments in flood warning has come from the surprising source of Saudi Arabia. Although we might not always associate this arid country with floods, it has…
Plug the New York Subway
Residents of New York City will remember the chaos caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. One of the most talked about (and costly) issues after the storm was the flooding…
Sand Engines in the Netherlands
A few days ago we wrote about the project in the Netherlands called (in English) “Room for the River”. It’s a large project taking place in the Netherlands, Germany, France…
Small Businesses and Flood Planning
There was an interesting survey done recently over at Vendio, the e-commerce specialist used by many small businesses and merchants. They survey a group of 600 of their customers –…
Flood Defence Budget Cut in UK
There’s something not quite right about the UK Government’s policy on flooding. The agreement between government and the insurance industry is in a mess without any sign of renewal or…
An Overview of Flood Protection
Here’s a useful little video produced by Gloucestershire County Council, a local government in the south of England. The video itself is a little poorly produced – there’s a lot…
Preparing for a Flood
People can prepare for the certainty of floods by several simple means. The first step is to have a disaster kit stored at home. A kit should contain: o Weather-radio…
