Urban flooding is one of the most frequent and economically damaging natural hazards worldwide. With rapid urbanisation, growing exposure of assets in ...

Hydrodynamic modelling of floodplain inundation dynamics involves the use of physically based, spatially distributed numerical simulations to predict how water moves across river channels and adjacent ...

Scientists have discovered that many flood maps may underestimate serious risks due to hidden changes in river channels.

OLATHE, Kan. —Stormwater experts in Johnson County will soon be using new tools to study flooding along Indian Creek. On Thursday the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved a $875,200 grant ...

A U.S. Border Patrol agent drives his vehicle through high water in a neighborhood two days after Hurricane Ida’ landfall near Baton Rouge, La., August 31, 2021. (CBP photo by Glenn Fawcett) When ...

A team of researchers from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Tennessee Technological University have created a 2D, open-source flood inundation model designed for a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Generating the best possible models of storm surge, flooding and coastal conditions has been a major goal of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. While the computing power necessary ...

An artificial intelligence flood forecasting program created by researchers at UL Lafayette is gaining growing recognition for its innovative approach to flood modeling. The prototype model, created ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Researchers out of UC Irvine have ...