SYDNEY, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Motorists across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have been warned on Thursday to stay off roads due to severe weather forecasts and flood warnings. NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Paul Toole said some parts of the ...
SYDNEY, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Just as flood waters from record rainfall in Australia's eastern states began to recede, a return of extreme weather has renewed warnings for recovering residents. Flash flooding hit parts of Sydney overnight Monday as the State Emergency Service (SES) rushed to ...
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Researchers at the University of NSW say just 15 cm of water can make a car unstable News coverage of floods is inevitably accompanied by footage of stranded motorists who have attempted to drive through floodwaters, despite warnings from emergency services. The recent floods that hit the Australi...
we focus on the likelihood of high discharge as a proxy for flood hazard, and not on flood exposure and vulnerability89,90. In recent years, large advances have been made in the region with accurate flood warnings being made available with lead times of ~8–10 days. Villages taking specific...
and a small subsection on the community, amongst other foci, found in its interim report that councils had inconsistent levels of flood knowledge and preparation, that information and warnings were not always shared effectively, and that emergency services were not sufficiently resourced to respond to...
different prediction techniques, which entail the organized Short-term lead-time flood predictions are considered important research challenges, particularly in highly urbanized areas, for timely warnings to residences so to reduce damage [146]. In addition, short-term predictions contribute highly to ...
Similarly, in Thailand, some studies [37,38] also reported that ineffective flood warnings (i.e., lack of updated mapping of flood hazards) and flood risk communication continue to be major threats despite the great flood of 2011. Research conducted by Kittipongvises and Mino [38] found ...