During flood events Earth Observation (EO) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is able to provide valuable information on the spatial extent of inundations. With its multi-polarisation capacity, the ENVISAT ASAR instrument is now able to propose reliable data for maximum flood extent retrieval. These extents can be useful in calibrating and/or evaluating flood propagation models and their uncertaint...

Introduction A paradigm shift in Dutch river management has lead to a focus on restoring natural rivers as a means of flood defence. This was initiated by a combination of changing European Union environmental policy and the realization that Dutch water management was subjected to a technological lock-in (Wesselink, 2007). The changes in river management have led to larger floodplain dimensions...

Exposure to abnormal floods is believed to have negative shortand long-term consequences for welfare and health in poor countries, and such impacts are likely to grow worse with continued anthropogenic climate change. However, two common proxies for flood exposure, self-reported exposure and rainfall, are problematic. This paper describes a method for constructing objective measures of flood ex...

The Sargassum spp. inundations across the Atlantic and Caribbean that began in 2011 have continued unabated, new uses for biomass are being continuously explored. Mangroves protect shorelines, store carbon, enhance water quality, promote biodiversity. Their restoration can be hindered by poor soils associated with urbanized coastlines. application form of mulch, compost, plant tonics has yielde...

[1] In this paper, we investigate floods and droughts in the Upper Mississippi basin over a 50-year period (1950–1999) using a hydrological model (Variable Infiltration Capacity Model – 3 Layer). Simulations have been carried out between January 1950 and December 1999 at daily timestep and 1/8 spatial resolution for the water budget and at hourly time-step and 1 spatial resolution for the energ...

Floods are common phenomenon in the state of Dungun, specifically in Terengganu-Malaysia. Every year, floods affecting biodiversity on this region and also causing property loss of this residential area. The residents in Dungun always suffered from floods since the water overflows to the areas adjoining to the rivers, lakes or dams. The rainfall and evaporation of the area have a large influenc...

Here we establish the timing of major flood events of the central Mississippi River over the last 1,800 y, using floodwater sediments deposited in two floodplain lakes. Shifts in the frequency of high-magnitude floods are mediated by moisture availability over midcontinental North America and correspond to the emergence and decline of Cahokia--a major late prehistoric settlement in the Mississi...

Introduction Conclusions References Tables Figures

This paper compiles the available information on historic tailings dam failures with the purpose to establish simple correlations between tailings ponds geometric parameters (e.g., dam height, tailings volume) and the hydraulic characteristics of floods resulting from released tailings. Following the collapse of a mining waste dam, only a part of tailings and polluted water stored at the dam is...