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Assessing the myth of disaster risk reduction in the wake of catastrophic floods
Whether disasters serve as focusing events leading to measures that reduce future disaster risks is contested. Here, we study flood disasters in 23...
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Modeling, Map** and Analysis of Floods Using Optical, Lidar and SAR Datasets—a Review
AbstractOccurrence of natural disaster can never be prevented, and floods are one among the major natural disaster that affects the human life and...
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Assessing the Vulnerability of Buildings During Floods
AbstractThe main directions and regulatory and procedural guidelines, associated with assessing the effects of floods are considered and analyzed....
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Floods have become less deadly: an analysis of global flood fatalities 1975–2022
Floods are amongst the most frequent disasters in terms of human and economic impacts. This study provides new insights into the frequency of loss of...
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Climatic pacing of extreme Nile floods during the North African Humid Period
Understanding how large river systems will respond to an invigorated hydrological cycle as simulated under higher global temperatures is a pressing...
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Predicting extreme floods and droughts in East Africa using a deep learning approach
The East African region is highly susceptible to severe floods and persistent droughts, which greatly impact the livelihood of millions of people....
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Analysis of Global Data Archive on Droughts and Floods: Spatial-Temporal Patterns of Damage Distribution
AbstractA unified global archive of data on floods and droughts for the period 1997–2016 was constructed and analyzed. The analysis demonstrates that...
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Assessing the socio-environmental challenges by floods in 2017: a case from an Upazila of Northern Bangladesh
Northern Bangladesh is more vulnerable to climatic variability, flash floods, upstream heavy rainfall, early floods during the pre-monsoon period,...
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Nature-Based Disaster Risk Reduction of Floods in Urban Areas
Floods in urban areas have become more frequent globally, with catastrophic impacts. The cause is not only a natural event of extensive rain but is...
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Hydrometeorological analysis of July-2023 floods in Himachal Pradesh, India
In recent decades, the Himalayas have seen increasing extreme precipitation events. Climate change has impacted the occurrence and distribution of...
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An Objective Framework for Bivariate Risk Analysis of Flash Floods Under the Compound Effect of Rainfall Characteristics
The rainfall characteristics of flash floods are highly sensitive to the joint impacts of different rainfall event features. In this study, we...
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An IoT-based system for monitoring and forecasting flash floods in real-time
Floods are the most frequent of all natural disasters that occur in India. Although one of the main reasons for these disasters is the variations in...
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Investigation of alterations in droughts and floods patterns induced by climate change
Every year, droughts and floods cause significant damage to the economy and water resources of the UK. Numerous studies have been explored droughts...
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Modeling flood susceptibility on the onset of the Kerala floods of 2018
Floods are the most devastating global hazard which affect the environment and economy of several regions in the world. Flood management requires the...
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Drivers and co** mechanisms for floods: experiences of residents in urban Kumasi, Ghana
Over the last few years, the occurrence and severity of climate change-induced floods in urban Kumasi, Ghana, have increased considerably, leading to...
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Heavy rainfall associated with floods in southeastern Brazil in November–December 2021
In southeast Brazil, heavy precipitation events during the summer trigger floods. These disasters are responsible for most loss of lives. In November...
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Floods in the Vistula Mouth Area and Their Effect on Changes in the Delta Hydrographic Network
AbstractA general geographic characteristic of the Vistula basin and mouth area is given; brief data on the modern hydrological regime of the river...
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Effect of urbanization on surface runoff and performance of green roofs and permeable pavement for mitigating urban floods
Floods are increasingly becoming a significant concern due to climate change, global warming, and excessive urbanization. The Intergovernmental Panel...
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Primary and potential secondary risks of landslide outburst floods
Outburst floods triggered by breaching of landslide dams may cause severe loss of life and property downstream. Accurate identification and...
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Novel utilization of simulated runoff as causative parameter to predict the hazard of flash floods
Climate change represents an intractable problem which urges a prompt intervention to be resolved. One of climate change's most destructive...
