Urban flood modelling demands detailed terrain and bathymetry data. However, elevation models often omit street-level geometry, urban infrastructure, and river bathymetry. Here we present a ...

On Aug. 21, 2021, Waverly, Tennessee, received nearly one-third of its average annual rainfall in just a few hours—the resulting 17 inches of rain led to one of the deadliest flooding events on record ...

Urban flood modeling and risk assessment combine hydrological and hydraulic simulations with socio-economic analysis to predict flood extent, depth and velocity in cities and to evaluate the ...

Photo Credit: iStock Federal floodplain rules affecting some Wichita Falls, Texas, homeowners may ease if a new city-backed engineering analysis leads to map changes. Updated lidar-based 3D modeling ...

Urban flooding causes significant social, environmental and economic losses every year. In Baltimore, those losses have ...

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 ...

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 ...

The extreme flooding and mudslides across California in recent weeks took many drivers by surprise. Sinkholes swallowed cars, highways became fast-moving rivers of water, entire neighborhoods were ...

Rice University’s Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center convened more than 100 experts, industry leaders and attendees Nov. 6-7 for its 12th annual ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Researchers out of UC Irvine have said ...

GEORGETOWN — When Georgetown County Councilman Bob Anderson was preparing for Hurricane Florence in 2018 with county staff, something wasn't quite right. The flood models the county had been given ...