Dutch Minister Presents Jakarta Flood Plan
Today (2 April 2014), Minister Schultz van Haegen, the Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment, will be presenting the draft Master Plan for the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development…
Flood Protection
Flood risk, warning and protection
2013 Floods Highlight the Positive Effect of Defence Measures
Press Release from Muncih Re, April 2014 Natural catastrophe losses in 2013 were dominated by floods. Detailed analyses have shown that protective measures can drastically reduce losses. For example, the…
Bombs Break Yellow River Ice Jam, China
Ice jam floods are a fairly common incident in parts of northern USA and Canada. Many of the spring floods earlier this month in Montana were a result of ice…
£140 Million for UK Flood Defences Announced
In his budget speech yesterday the UK Chancellor, George Osborne, announced £140 million new funding for flood defences. It is as yet unclear as to whether this is in addition…
Great Calgary Flood Tunnel
As another part of our series on flood tunnels, below we look at the future Calgary flood tunnel project that was announced in November 2013 as a potential part of…
Flood Maps in the USA
Flood Maps in the USA are used by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to identify flood risk and provide the basis for setting the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) flood…
£123 Million Flood Plans for Oxford
A new proposal to alleviate flooding in Oxford, UK, was discussed during a meeting on Saturday 1 March 2014. The meeting was attended by representatives of the emergency services, local…
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…
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…
