Extreme urban flooding is a growing challenge under climate change, threatening residents, infrastructure and urban systems. However, traditional emergency planning often relies on static population ...
Fathom, a research-led flood risk modelling specialist, recently launched its U.K. flood model on Nasdaq’s Risk Modelling for Catastrophes service. We sat down with Oliver Wing, Chief Research Officer ...
From her bedroom in the attic of a historic Petworth row house, Mikki Carlton can hear every storm. In the fall of 2021, when the wind screamed through the rafters and the rain pounded the roof, she ...
In July 2021, heavy rain fell across Central Europe, resulting in catastrophic flooding that killed more than 220 people and left a trail of destruction costing more than US $25 billion. Here in ...
Researchers have developed a new simulation model, which can predict flooding during an ongoing disaster more quickly and accurately than currently possible. A new simulation model that can predict ...
You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. George Cheng thinks a lot about flooding. In his home state North Carolina, hurricanes and tropical ...
Students from Xi'an University of Technology test a virtual reality-enabled emergency evacuation simulation system tailored ...
A new article presents a new methodology to create a watershed-scale flood model based on LiDAR data. The widespread flooding that submerged parts of the province's most densely populated regions in ...
Despite countries pouring billions of dollars into “protecting” communities, flood-related disasters are becoming more frequent and are projected to become even more severe as the climate crisis ...
In Harris County, the number of properties facing 100-year-level flood risk may be more than twice as large as FEMA’s current ...