We ran this model for a large region in Southeast Texas that has experienced repetitive flooding and includes the Houston-Galveston and Beaumont-Port Arthur regions seen on the map below. The model used historic damages from the National Flood Insurance Program along with several predictors of flood...
Do I live in a flood plain? You probably live in a floodplain if your home is near a body of water. While most people are concerned about rivers and streams, lakes and ponds can also cause flooding. If you don't know if you live in a floodplain, use the FEMA Flood Map Service Cen...
Fig. 3. (A) NEXRAD Radar network coverage below 10,000 ft AGL in CONUS and (B) RADAR base reflective map during Harvey.Part (A) from National Weather Service [NWS], https://roc.noaa.gov/WSR88D/Maps.aspx, Accessed 3 July 2020 and (B) from NWS Corpus Christi, Texas, https://radar...
Al-Batinah, an arid region in northeastern Oman, is bordered by the Western Hajar Mountains to the west and the Sea of Oman north. The Al-Batinah coastal plain is narrower at its northwest and southeast edges, expanding to its broadest stretch of approximately 50 km in the center. It compr...
Flooding is one of the most destructive natural catastrophes that can strike anywhere in the world. With the recent, but frequent catastrophic flood events
The Caprivi flood plain receives an annual rainfall of about 900 mm, of which most occurs during the summer months (November to April) [11]. Summer is characterized by high temperatures, averaging 30 °C during the day and 15 °C during the night. During the dry winter season (June to...
We present a case study for a system comprised of four wetland areas encompassing 925 acres in the coastal plain south of Houston, Texas. The benefit–cost analysis shows that, in general, the benefits of wetland ecosystems far surpass the costs of construction and maintenance for all considered...
To address the social dimensions of vulnerability, in “Vulnerability projection”, the League City case study incorporated block-level socio-economic data into the spatial analysis, resulting in a comprehensive vulnerability map that classified the site as highly vulnerable. In addressing the social dim...
Figure 1. The geographical map shows Fiji’s location in the South Pacific region and a detailed inset map highlighting various study sites within Fiji. Fiji has a distinct dry season (May–October) and wet season (November–April). This seasonal variation is mainly attributed to the South ...
the overall water estimation. Results show that water surfaces estimated by MOP are comparable with the simulated output for the duration of the flood event. Additionally, contributed data, such as Civil Air Patrol, although they may be geographically sparse, become an important data source when ...