Abstract: 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 ...

Climate and land use change are increasingly altering the water balance and flood dynamics of East African wetlands. In Tanzania’s Kilombero floodplain, rice cultivation relies on seasonal flooding, ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...

Screenshot from the cutting-edge digital tool developed at the Uiversity of Kansas for emergency managers across the state, as well as the public. LAWRENCE — For Jude Kastens, who grew up on a farm in ...

When the rain comes in South Florida, the frantic flooding complaints quickly follow to mayors, commissioners, public works departments, just about whoever will listen: Like this: “How is it possible ...

After years of back and forth, new flood maps with major implications for property owners’ land values, insurance rates and building costs along a watershed stretching from Santa Rosa to Rohnert Park ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — In the wake of the historic August 12th flooding, Chattanooga city council is sharing how new federal floodplain maps could affect Chattanooga residents' homes and wallets. The ...

LIVINGSTON, Mont.—When a torrential flood struck this town nestled on the banks of the Yellowstone River in 2022, it swamped areas that scientists had long predicted were susceptible to flooding.

Many of the maps that dictate the riskiest flood zones in Western N.C. and elsewhere haven’t been updated in years. Local governments often fight the changes. The people of Key West, Florida, are ...

FINDLAY, Ohio — The city of Findlay announced on Thursday planned revisions to its flood zone map around the Blanchard River, which passes through the city. "I really see that all of the flood ...

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