https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-60686223Brisbane is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Make that one of the best places to live in the world.It's not under sea level. It's not on a flood plane either. Brisbane is actially a very Hilly city with a lot of...
This chapter offers a diverse perspective on seasonal floods and provides an understanding of how communities and institutions respond, learn and recover from these disasters. In the case of recurring floods, learning and experience from previous floods
The heavy rainfall in the south of North Rhine-Westphalia and north of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany produced accumulations which averaged 100 to 150 mm (3.9 to 5.9 in) in 24 hours, equivalent to more than a month’s worth of rain. In Reifferscheid, 207 mm (8.1 in) fell within...
“David Cameron must urgently fix the gaping £500m hole in UK defences too, if we’re to hold back the increase in flooding the experts anticipate. It’s not enough for the prime minister to recognise the serious threat climate change poses – he must take bold action.” The ...
Anne-Marie Tomchak is the UK Editor of Mashable, where she heads up the company's operations from London. She has spent over a decade reporting and presenting for national and international broadcasters including the BBC, RTE, Deutsche Welle, American Public Media and NPR. In 2013, Anne-Marie...
Delta, LithuaniaLinasBalčiauskas,LaimaBalčiauskien ̇e&Agn ̇ eJanonyt ̇eNature Research Centre, Akademijos2, Vilnius, Lithuania; e-mail: linasbal@ekoi.ltAbstract:The influence of the annual spring floods on small mammal communities was studied in the Nemunas RiverDelta, SW Lithua...
least 60 people have died as a result of the floods across the region and hundreds of landslides have cut off communities with a number of roads and railways lines blocked. There are also concerns the floods may have exposed unexploded landmines from the civil war in Bosnia during the 1990s....
Nothing could have prepared us for the scale and complexity of the situation in Pakistan as the massive ooding spread in those early weeks in July and August 2010. The growing death toll and the numbers of people affected – rising from 1.5 million initially to 18 million overall, of whom ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/monitoring/media_reports/575165.stm. Accessed 23 July 2007. McCaughan M. Crashes add to woes in Venezuela; 22 die on Christmas day in Cuban airliner’s failed landing at Valencia, while President Chavez rallies the homeless. The Guardian. December 27, ...
Delta, LithuaniaLinasBalčiauskas,LaimaBalčiauskien ̇e&Agn ̇ eJanonyt ̇eNature Research Centre, Akademijos2, Vilnius, Lithuania; e-mail: linasbal@ekoi.ltAbstract:The influence of the annual spring floods on small mammal communities was studied in the Nemunas RiverDelta, SW Lithuania...