This PERC looks back at the the effects of hurricane Harvey on Houston in 2018. The review raises some serious questions about current flood mitigation and protection strategies, and asks if the infrastructure is in fact protecting citizens or simply generated further risk.
In 2015, Concern applied to join the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance and received funding to start a new project to promote resilience to floods in 12 Afghan communities. As part of this project, Concern piloted a Flood Resilience Measurement Tool (FRMT) developed by the Alliance, and has used the insights generated by the tool to design and implement flood-resilience interventions.
Cyclone Sagar, a very rare cyclone in the Gulf of Aden, made landfall in north-western...
The disaster management agency in Guatemala, CONRED, reports that the heavy rain and flooding in...
The flood situation in Afghanistan has worsened over the last few days as heavy rain...
The government in Antioquia department, Colombia, has declared Public Calamity as the Hidroituango Dam threatens...
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