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 ...

Flood inundation modelling encompasses a range of numerical and empirical approaches designed to simulate the spatial extent, depth and timing of floodwaters across riverine and urban environments. At ...

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 ...

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 ...

Urban flood modelling integrates the physics of rainfall–runoff transformation with hydraulic simulation of surface and sub-surface flows to support flood risk management, infrastructure design and ...

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 ...

A new article presents a new methodology to create a watershed-scale flood model based on LiDAR data. The widespread flooding that submerged parts of the province's most densely populated regions in ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. George Cheng thinks a lot about flooding. In his home state North Carolina, hurricanes and tropical ...

<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 ...

Flooding remains one of the most misunderstood and underinsured risks facing U.S. homeowners today. What to know about flood ...