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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This chapter provides a brief description of how floods are analyzed and floodplain maps constructed. It compares the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) floodplain mapping process with the ...

Climate change is exacerbating flood risks globally. In the U.S., Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) delineate areas at high flood risk (i.e., 100-year ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

<p><br><P> A state-proposed model floodplain ordinance finds Calvert County caught between a rock and a hard place.<P> The Calvert County Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to send a ...