On the 28th of February 2010 at 2 a.m. the storm Xynthia hit the French Atlantic coast. The storm surge combined with the high tide and large waves...

Thousands evacuated and one in six properties at risk – the flooding which hit the UK in December 2013 was the worst since 1953. This review by...

At the end of December 1993 and also at the end of January 1995, the river Meuse, one of the major rivers in Europe, flooded and river banks were...

Tropical coral reef-lined coasts are exposed to storm wave-driven flooding. In the future, flood events during storms are expected to occur more...

This Framework sets out the government s strategic approach to achieving the aims set out below and is intended for use by all those involved in...

The Atlas of the Human Planet 2017. Global Exposure to Natural Hazards summarizes the global multi-temporal analysis of exposure to six major natural...

Flooding can have a range of effects on people’s health, both physical and psychological.1–5 Given projections that both the frequency and severity...

Many areas of Great Britain were badly affected by flooding over a fourteen-week period in the winter of 2015/2016. The flooding had considerable...

La temporada de lluvias 1985-1986 en el Perú fue desastrosa debido a la alta precipitación. Debido a la inusual nivel de las inundaciones en la zona...