It doesn’t rain often in the desert, but when it does, the danger can be extreme. A Zurich study reviews what can be learned from devastating floods...

In Sahelian countries, a vast number of people are still affected every year by flood despite the efforts to prevent or mitigate these catastrophic...

The PERC report “Urgent case for recovery: what we can learn from the August 2014 Karnali River...

Himalayan river basin is marked by a complex topography with limited observational data. In the context of increasing extreme events, this study aims...

This thesis employs a political ecological approach to examine the discursive, material, and ontological production of floods as disasters along...

Nepal is severely flood-prone and ranks 20th worldwide in terms of flood-affected population. Although it is widely acknowledged that both national...

Extreme flooding from Hurricane Harvey (~100 km3, ~80 million acre feet, maf of rainfall) in Houston, Texas, US co-located with depleted aquifers...

Floods affect more people globally than any other type of natural hazard, with over 734 million people affected by floods in the last ten years....

An intense thunderstorm caused severe flooding in Emmental and surrounding villages. But the damages would have been even bigger had the water level...