Resources
- Europe's deadly floods leave scientists stunnedDespite improvements, flood forecasting sometimes fails to flag risks along smaller streams.
- Floods: CDCFloods, big or small, can have devastating effects on your home and your family. You can take steps to reduce the harm caused by flooding. Learn how to prepare for a flood, stay safe during a flood, and protect your health when you return home after a flood.
- Floods: Ready.govFlooding is a temporary overflow of water onto land that is normally dry. Floods are the most common natural disaster in the United States. Failing to evacuate flooded areas or entering flood waters can lead to injury or death.
- Food Basics: NSSLFlood information from the NSSL of the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory.
Research & Reference
- Flood: Credo ReferenceA Credo Reference landing page on floods. This page includes links to reference works, journal articles, and a mind map.
- Most expensive flood disasters in the United States from 1978 to 2019, by National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) payoutsThe statistic shows the most expensive flood disasters in the United States from 1978 to January 2019, by National Flood Insurance Program payouts. The payouts of the National Flood Insurance Program as a consequence of damage caused by floods following Hurricane Harvey in August 2017, amounted to almost nine billion U.S. dollars.
- Number of lives lost due to floods and flash floods in the U.S. from 1995 to 2019The statistic shows the number of lives lost due to floods and flash floods in the United States from 1995 to 2019. In 2019, there were a total of 92 fatalities reported due to flash floods and river floods in the United States.
Flash Floods and Deadly Moving Water
Consider the deadly power of moving water. Explore scenarios for extreme flooding in flood-prone regions of the U.S. and consider past cases of extreme coastal floods, river floods, and flash floods. Study the meteorology behind these events, and hear flood safety tips.
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Perspectives
Flood Planning
Floods are amongst the most common and devastating natural disasters. In the wake of such an event, the pressure to initiate flood protection schemes that will provide security is enormous, and politicians promise quick solutions in the national interest. Jeroen Warner examines a number of such projects from around the world - the Middle East, South Asia and Western Europe - aimed at the prevention of serious flooding. Each provoked a level of controversy unforeseen by its initiators, with the result that schemes were shelved, were not completed, or simply failed. The author shows how such projects inevitably become politicized as different stakeholders seek to promote their interests.
Rising Tide
In an epic that "is nothing less than the story of America itself" (Wil Hygood, The Boston Globe), Barry begins in the 19th century with man's battle to control the Mississippi River and the development of a unique society in the Delta and New Orleans. The tale ends with murder, dynamited levees, and national political changes that resonate today. The 1927 flood washed away a culture, elected Huey Long governor and Herbert Hoover president, and drove hundreds of thousands of blacks north. "A gripping account of the mammoth flooding of 1927 that devastated Mississippi and Louisiana and sent political shock waves to Washington...Rising Tide is a brilliant match of scholarship and investigative journalism". -- Jason Berry, Chicago Tribune
Floods 101 | National Geographic
No natural disaster in America has caused more death and destruction than floods.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PXj7bOD7IY