This work analyses the prominent characteristics of flash flood regimes in two Mediterranean areas: the NorthWestern Mediterranean region, which includes Catalonia, France and Northern Italy, and the South-Eastern Mediterranean region, which includes Israel. The two regions are characterized by similarities in the hydro-meteorological monitoring infrastructure, which permits us to ensure homoge...

Since the beginning of 21st Century, Europe has been affected by destructive floods. European Union Member States have an obligation to develop flood hazard and risk maps as support Flood Risk Management Plan (FRMP). The main objective this study is propose a methodological framework for assessment pluvial flash floods in Croatia at catchment level, which can be integrated into FRMP. Therefore,...

Floods can transport debris of a very wide range dimensions, from cohesive sediments to large floating debris, such as trees and cars. The latter increases the risk associated with floods by, for example, obstructing flow or damaging structures due impact. this type their interaction are often studied experimentally in context tsunamis flash floods. Numerical studies on problem rare, therefore ...

Current global models predict a hotter and drier climate in the southwestern United States with anticipated increases in drought frequency and severity coupled with changes in flash flood regimes. Such changes would likely have important ecological consequences, particularly for stream and riparian ecosystems already subject to frequent hydrologic disturbance. This study assessed the potential ...

This study intends to explore the extent of use information and communication technology (ICT) in flash-flood-prone haor (wetland ecosystem) areas north-eastern Bangladesh. Addressing situation severe flash floods 2017 at community level, this aims examine constraints challenges using ICT for flood risk management. An empirical was conducted two upazilas (administrative sub-districts) within Su...

Abstract Previous studies have drawn attention to racial and socioeconomic disparities in exposures associated with flood events at varying spatial scales, but most of these not differentiated risk. Assessing risk without differentiating floods by their characteristics (e.g. duration intensity precipitation leading flooding) may lead less accurate estimates the vulnerable locations populations....

We pose the following research question, “what are (i) minimum required computation grid and (ii) form of hydrodynamic equations, i.e., shallow water equations (SWE) or diffusion wave (DWE), in 2D modeling to minimize computational time while maintaining an acceptable level error prediction depths extent flood inundated areas?”. To answer this we apply HEC-RAS 1D/2D model simulate a disastrous ...

Abstract. Rainfall intensity–duration (ID) thresholds are commonly used to assess flash flood potential downstream of burned watersheds. High-intensity and/or long-duration rainfall is required generate floods as landscapes recover from fire, but there little guidance on how change a function time since fire. Here, we force hydrological model with radar-derived precipitation estimate ID for pos...