Retaining walls play a crucial role in mitigating flood risks, particularly in riverine environments affected by extreme climatic events. This study evaluates the effectiveness of retaining walls in ...

A new algorithmic framework that can predict flooding could help save lives and reduce the devastation as climate change drives more intense and unpredictable rainfall. The model described in the ...

A look at The Harris County Flood Control District’s Flood Warning System map. (Harris County Flood Control District’s Flood Warning System) Stay informed on the movement of flood waters as rounds of ...

In this paper, we employ an enhanced watershed division method and the establishment of stormwater corridors, in conjunction with the SCS-CN model, to quantitatively assess flood disasters under ...

This is what rain can do in New York City. In July, Jessica Louise Dye was on the subway when she recorded a video of a “cascading wall of water coming at us.” Scenes like these are becoming more and ...

UK-based flood science specialist JBA Risk Management has launched a high-resolution US inland flood model, as new data reveals that almost one in three US properties – 38.6 million buildings – are at ...

Jacobs has introduced Flood Platform, a cloud-hosted hub for advanced flood modelling that is designed to support the planning and delivery of critical flood infrastructure programs. Flood Platform is ...

Google’s Flood Hub uses AI to deliver flood warnings five days in advance. The forecasts could be used by nonprofits to deliver early aid to the flood-affected. Trials in Africa suggest farmers ...

When a storm is barreling in from the Gulf, which neighborhoods would be most likely to flood and at what depths? And can that be predicted quickly with affordable technology? A team of LSU scientists ...

The 2,175-mile system of interconnected, man-made canals crisscrossing Florida, from Orlando to the Keys, has a particularly important role when a hurricane happens to be pinwheeling toward the ...