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Forecasting and hazard early warning systems: international perspectives
Canada recently witnessed severe flooding with some river flows reporting their highest on record. Whether this is becoming the norm or not following recent flood-rich years, delivering effective...
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The 2007 Floods: ten years of thinking big and acting early
Russell Burton is an expert in flood risk and incident management, Managing Director of RAB Consultants and a former flood warning team leader in the Environment Agency. Russell looks back at changes...
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Serious Gaming for Flood Resilience
Robyn Shaw, an MSc Sustainability and Water Security research student, reflects on work to develop a serious game to help improve community flood resilience. I am currently at the University of Dundee...
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Flood Forecasting and Warning – a retrospective
Chris Haggett has worked in the UK water industry for over 40 years, including with the Greater London Council (Department of Public Health Engineering), Thames Water (Rivers Division), National Rivers...
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Flood forecasting – the potential for the scientist and decision maker
I was struck by the presentation of Carlos Velasco-Forero at the recent EGU General Assembly when he referred to a ‘critical need to develop defensible flood forecasts’ in Australia. He mentioned the...
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Innovation supporting flood resilience
Recent flash flooding across Spain highlights the vulnerability of communities to protect themselves from such events. Whilst many countries operate early warning systems, gaps still exist in...
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