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Feb. 22, 2022 Researchers found a high probability of flood damage -- including monetary damage, human injury and loss of life -- for more than a million square miles of land across the United States across a ...
Dec. 10, 2021 Interesting floodplain dynamics were observed during and after seasonal flooding in northern Japan. The combination of the natural flow patterns of rivers and the complex geomorphology of the ...
June 18, 2021 Researchers have revealed that a newly developed forecasting system can accurately predict flood locations 32 hours in advance. Extreme rainfall events are occurring increasingly frequently; such ...
Sep. 8, 2023 A hydrologist's study provides a global estimate of human destruction of natural floodplains. The study can help guide future development in a way that can restore and conserve vital floodplain ...
Feb. 28, 2022 An unnoticed network of channels is cutting across the coastal plain landscape along the Gulf Coast and influencing how water flows, according to new research that could help predict flooding from ...
Sep. 12, 2023 Researchers have developed a new simulation model, which can predict flooding during an ongoing disaster more quickly and accurately than currently ...
Apr. 26, 2021 Analysis of sales data and flood risk data over two decades indicates that housing markets fail to fully account for information about flood risk. The findings suggest that policies to improve risk ...
June 30, 2022 Flooding in urban areas cost Americans more than $106 billion between 1960 and 2016, damaging property, disrupting businesses and claiming lives in the process. Now, new research outlines a ...
Apr. 15, 2022 New research combines demographic data with the distribution of GI and geographic areas prone to rainwater flooding in Portland, Phoenix and Atlanta and asks whether these cities are equitably ...
Nov. 18, 2021 Rising oceans get more attention in climate change discussions, but rivers are rising, too, according to new research. The research shows that rivers need more attention in policy management and ...