flood water News

Nigel Grimsley, Managing Director of OTT Hydrometry is urging those responsible for flood prevention and management to take action this summer to ensure they are protected before the arrival of severe weather. “Saturated soil and blocked channels contribute to the severity of flooding, but in many cases it is the location and intensity of rainfall that contributes to the speed with which ...

Jun. 20, 2017

By The OTT Hydromet Group

The RapidEye constellation of five earth observation satellites have been focused on the East Coast of Australia, dedicating resources to capture valuable images of the ever-changing face of its flooding landscape. The readily enhanced RapidEye satellite data has been of interest to a range of Government agencies in recent weeks. Currently, the movement of the Loddon flood waters in Victoria is ...

Jan. 31, 2011

The dates and a call for papers for the 2010 European Water and Flood Modelling Conference have been announced. The event, a comprehensive and significant wet infrastructure simulation and management technology gathering, will be held 28th and 29th September 2010, at the Crowne Plaza, Reading, UK. This once-a-year learning opportunity for the European expert modelling community will feature ...

Jun. 4, 2010

CIWEM endorses the proposed increase in responsibility for local authorities as the importance of local expertise in the context of effective flood risk management cannot be underestimated. However, CIWEM is concerned that with this increase comes sufficient funding and capacity building to support local delivery and decision-making. It is crucial that LAs are supported by effective guidance and ...

Jul. 28, 2009

Innovyze has announced the dates and issued a call for papers for the 2011 European Water and Flood Modelling Conference. The event, a comprehensive wet infrastructure simulation and management technology gathering, will be held 20th and 21st September 2011 at the historic Tortworth Court hotel in South Gloucestershire, UK. This once-a-year learning opportunity for the European expert ...

May 11, 2011

Innovyze, a leading global innovator of business analytics software and technologies for wet infrastructure, today released the technical program for the Drainage and Flooding stream of the 2011 European Water and Flood Modelling Conference. The event, a comprehensive and significant wet infrastructure simulation and management technology summit, will be held September 20-21, 2011, at the ...

Jul. 20, 2011

By Innovyze

In the coming years the EU Floods Directive1 will require Member States to produce flood hazard and risk maps. Taking the UK as a case study, new research highlights the need for advances in data collection, mapping and groundwater flood warning systems to meet EU requirements for maps and management plans. Although often occurring less frequently than fluvial (river) flooding, the effects of ...

Jul. 17, 2009

By European Commission, Environment DG

High sea levels, strong winds and large waves will increase the risk of coastal flooding this week. Severe flood warnings are in force for along the River Severn today, as high sea levels and heavy rain threaten to cause further flooding this week. Homes protected from flooding Since Friday evening over 87,000 homes have been protected from flooding and over 74,000 ...

Feb. 3, 2014

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Parts of southern, south west and central England remain at risk of flooding as river levels remain high. While the overall picture is starting to improve as river levels stabilise, risks to people and property remain. Severe flood warnings remain in place along the Thames and in Somerset where water levels continue to rise in response to recent rainfall. Ground water flooding also continues to ...

Feb. 16, 2014

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Flames shot up and a loud boom was heard on Monday 2nd May as the US government blew a hole in a Mississippi River flood levee in a bid to save several towns in Illinois and Kentucky from being inundated. A witness said water began to pour out of the hole after the explosion, and is expected to flood some 130,000 acres of farmland in Missouri in order to spare the towns. The deliberate ...

May 3, 2011

By Bekaert Group

The government of Azerbaijan has entered into a contract with engineering consultancy Royal Haskoning and research institute Deltares, to prevent more devastating floods as experienced by the country during spring 2010. The agreement is part of an initiative of cooperation between the Netherlands and Azerbaijan that will see improvements to water management and ...

Sep. 8, 2010

What do Victoria, Pakistan, Rio de Janeiro and Madeira have in common? All of these states, countries, cities and islands have been hit badly by floods in 2010. However, the finger of blame should not be pointed solely at the common scapegoat of global warming, as an enquiry from the UN suggests. Losses of $43 billion are a lot to stomach for any nation. Even Western countries with ...

Oct. 4, 2010

A recent study conducted in the Midwestern United States examined the effects of harsh wet conditions on both cultivated and uncultivated soils, vastly advancing the knowledge of water’s effects on aggregation. Soil aggregation is an important soil attribute that is related to the physical-chemical state of the soil, and is one of the essential processes that determine soil quality. During the ...

Apr. 9, 2009

By ScienceDaily

For four days, people in Nakhon Ratchasima province's Pak Thong Chai district's Boh Pla community, Thailand, have been doing their best to cope. With their houses practically submerged, many are trying to move to higher ground and are barely surviving on meagre donations of dry food and water. The death toll from floods caused by heavy rain in central Vietnam rose to 32 on Monday, with an unknown ...

Oct. 20, 2010

It is only the start of the monsoon season, but already Pakistan is experiencing some of the worst flooding it has seen in over eighty years. Entire villages have been washed away, an early estimate of over 1,600 deaths so far and over 2 million displaced or otherwise affected. The accompanying image of DigitalGlobe displays Nowshera, one of the worst-hit districts. The immediate water damage is ...

Aug. 17, 2010

The start of the monsoon season in Pakistan has brought some of the worst flooding seen in the country for eighty years. Entire villages have been washed away. There have been an estimated 1,600 deaths so far, and more than 2 million people have been displaced or otherwise affected. The DigitalGlobe image shows Nowshera, one of the worst-hit districts. The immediate water damage is causing havoc, ...

Aug. 18, 2010

With malaria, diarrhea and vomiting, pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory infections, worm infestations, scabies, abscesses, sores, and boils all common ailments in the Kroo Bay community of the Sierra Leone capital Freetown local medical official Amadou Kandor says it’s little wonder 35 is an average life expectancy for the slum’s 6,000 inhabitants. Kroo Bay, one of the poorest areas in ...

Jul. 22, 2008

By IRIN

Hurricanes are devastating. Aside from the high, sustained wind speeds, they usually bring with them heavy rain, which can quickly lead to the breaching of flood defences in susceptible areas. Now, US and UK researchers have reviewed hurricane flood defence barriers and technologies with a view to helping engineers find improved designs. Writing in the International Journal of Forensic ...

Dec. 15, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Emergency officials warned another 200 homeowners at the weekend in the Memphis area they are at risk of dangerous flooding as the region braces for the highest Mississippi River crest since 1937. The Mississippi River, swollen with winter snow melt and rain, is carrying near-record flows slowly south to New Orleans where the crest may be at least two weeks away. The river is projected ...

May 10, 2011

Communities in southern, south west and central England remain at risk of flooding, with further heavy rain expected to affect the country on Friday and into Saturday. Continued heavy rainfall means that flooding will remain for several days. Although water levels may fall throughout today, they are expected to rise again on the Thames and Severn, affecting places already experiencing flooding. ...

Feb. 13, 2014

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales