Many of the urban poor in Africa face growing problems of severe flooding. Increased storm
frequency and intensity related to climate change are exacerbated by such local factors as …

An innovative approach in the investigation of complex landscapes for hydraulic modelling
applications is the use of terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) that can lead to a high-resolution …

Several different factors external to the natural hazard of flash flooding can contribute to the
type and magnitude of their resulting damages. Human exposure, vulnerability, fatality and …

The magnitude of flood damage in the United States, combined with the uncertainty in
current estimates of flood risk, suggest that society could benefit from improved scientific …

Flash floods are characterized by their suddenness, fast and violent movement, rarity, small
scale but high level of damage. They are particularly difficult to forecast accurately and there …

Flash floods on the edge of high terrain, such as the Himalayas or Rocky Mountains, are
especially dangerous and hard to predict. The Leh flood of 2010 at the edge of the …

Probabilistic flood inundation map** is performed and analysed at the ungauged Xerias
stream reach, Volos, Greece. The study evaluates the uncertainty introduced by the …

This paper aims to analyse and compare the loss of life that occurred during two recent
floods in France. The first flood was due to a sea surge triggered by the storm called Xynthia …

Flash flood, one of the most devastating weather-related hazards in the world, has become
more and more frequent in past decades. For the purpose of flood mitigation, it is necessary …

We propose a new simplified vision of flood dynamics through temporal and spatial scales to
enhance understanding of potential and limits of human responses to flash floods. Based on …