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Disaster risk analysis and assessment

Diagram showing how groundwater disappears into crustal ruptures formed during an earthquake
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Groundwater Drawn Downward After Kumamoto Quake

by Marc F. P. Bierkens 14 August 20191 August 2019

A unique set of high-frequency groundwater level monitoring reveals a loss of approximately ten million cubic meters of groundwater after a major earthquake.

Palcacocha Andes Peru glacier lake
Posted inFeatures

The Dangers of Glacial Lake Floods: Pioneering and Capitulation

by Jane Palmer 1 March 2019

During the past 70 years, Peruvian engineers virtually eliminated the risks posed by glacial lake floods. But climate change and a political blind eye are increasing the dangers once again.

Flood damage in Colorado
Posted inScience Updates

The Push Toward Local Flood Risk Assessment at a Global Scale

by A. J. Kettner, G. J.-P. Schumann and B. Tellman 14 January 2019

Flood Risk Workshop; Boulder, Colorado, 1–3 October 2018

A simulated tsunami traveling northwest across the Caribbean basin, in response to a hypothetical Mw 8.9 earthquake.
Posted inScience Updates

Nations Work Together to Size Up Caribbean Tsunami Hazards

by A. M. López-Venegas, S. E. Chacón-Barrantes, N. Zamora and J. Macías 4 October 2018

An international collaboration is using historical records and modeling to assess tsunami potential in this high-risk region.

The Limpopo River in Mozambique, which can pose a threat to human infrastructure when floodwaters rise
Posted inScience Updates

Can We Build Useful Models of Future Risk from Natural Hazards?

by A. J. Kettner, I. Overeem and G. Tucker 10 September 2018

Geoprocesses, Geohazards—CSDMS 2018: A CSDMS hosted Workshop; Boulder, Colorado, 22–24 May 2018

Posted inEditors' Vox

We Can Work It Out: Avoiding Disasters

by A. AghaKouchak and B. van der Pluijm 7 September 20187 September 2018

Strengthening societal resilience by focusing on the interactions between natural hazards, the built environment, and human societies.

Sea level rise on a reef-lined island coast
Posted inScience Updates

Challenges of Forecasting Flooding on Coral Reef–Lined Coasts

by C. D. Storlazzi 16 May 201829 September 2021

Understanding Flooding on Reef-lined Island Coasts Workshop; Honolulu, Hawaii, 5–7 February 2018

Posted inEditors' Vox

Can Atmospheric Science Improve Global Disaster Resilience?

by H. Steptoe, S. Jones and H. Fox 28 February 2018

Scientific understanding of atmospheric hazards and their interconnectivity can contribute to international policy and disaster risk management.

Floodwaters in the Elbe River reached an all-time high in August 2002, inundating this street in Dresden.
Posted inScience Updates

Using Archives of Past Floods to Estimate Future Flood Hazards

by T. Swierczynski, M. Ionita and D. Pino 13 January 201728 September 2021

Cross Community Workshop on Past Flood Variability; Grenoble, France, 27–30 June 2016

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