Abstract Purpose of Review Rapid urban development significantly contributes to the
alterations in watershed hydrology by removing vegetation and soil, increasing …

Sea-level rise (SLR) is influencing coastal groundwater by both elevating the water table
and shifting salinity profiles landward, making the subsurface increasingly corrosive. Low …

Flood risks in the United States have historically been underestimated, particularly with
respect to human well-being and within low-wealth and marginalized communities. Here, we …

Human exposure to floods continues to increase, driven by changes in hydrology and land
use. Adverse impacts amplify for socially vulnerable populations, who disproportionately …

Deconstructing causal linkages between place attributes and disaster outcomes at coarse
scales like zip codes and counties is difficult because heterogeneous socio-economic …

Urbanization and climate change are contributing to severe flooding globally, damaging
infrastructure, disrupting economies, and undermining human well-being. Approaches to …

This chapter of the New York City Panel on Climate Change 4 (NPCC4) report provides a
comprehensive description of the different types of flood hazards (pluvial, fluvial, coastal …

Urban flooding from extreme precipitation and storm surge is a growing threat to cities, and
detailed forecasts of urban inundation are needed for emergency response. We present a …

Existing needs to manage flood risk in the United States are underserved by available flood
hazard information. This contributes to an alarming escalation of flood impacts amounting to …

Abstract Machine learning (ML) models, particularly decision tree (DT)-based algorithms,
are being increasingly utilized for flood susceptibility map**. To evaluate the advantages …