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A Survey of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System Applications for Flash Floods

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2021
Flash floods are among the most dangerous natural disasters. As climate change and urbanization advance, an increasing number of people are at risk of flash floods. The application of remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) technologies in
Chao Liu, Heng Lu, Naiwen Li
exaly   +3 more sources

Managing flash flood crises with cultural perspectives: A user-centric feature identification study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Flash floods are severe disaster that have caused enormous damage to people, property, and the environment. Despite the conventional emphasis on technical and engineering solutions in controlling flash flood disasters, this study investigates the ...
Siti Fatimah Abdul Razak   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Interpretable flash flood susceptibility mapping in Yarlung Tsangpo River Basin using H2O Auto-ML [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
Flash flood susceptibility mapping is essential for identifying areas prone to flooding events and aiding decision-makers in formulating effective prevention measures.
Fei He   +3 more
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ASSESSEMENT OF FLASH-FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY IN SMALL RIVER BASINS [PDF]

open access: yesPresent Environment and Sustainable Development, 2020
Due to the climate changes occurred in the last decades the frequency and intensity of hydrological risk phenomena are also increasing. The flash-floods are considered the most devastating natural hazards around worldwide.
Andreea DRAGOMIR   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Susceptibility Assessment of Flash Floods: A Bibliometrics Analysis and Review

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
A flash flood disaster is one of the most destructive natural disasters. With the increase in extreme rainfall events, more and more areas will be threatened by flash floods.
Le Duan   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reconstructing the 2015 Salgar flash flood using radar retrievals and a conceptual modeling framework in an ungauged basin [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020
On 18 May 2015, a severe rainfall event triggered a flash flood in the municipality of Salgar, located in the northwestern Colombian Andes. This work aims to reconstruct the main hydrological features of the flash flood to better understand the ...
N. Velásquez   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Research on precipitation characteristics and dynamic critical thresholds of flash flood disasters

open access: yes暴雨灾害, 2021
Serious harms of flash flood can be caused by heavy precipitation. Based on flash flood disasters, soil moisture information and the historical precipitation data, etc.
Jingyue DI   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Meta-Analysis and Visualization of the Literature on Early Identification of Flash Floods

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
Flash flood is one of the extremely destructive natural disasters in the world. In recent years, extreme rainfall events caused by global climate change have increased, and flash flood disasters are becoming the main types of natural disasters in the ...
Zhengli Yang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

RURAL FLASH-FLOOD BEHAVIOR IN GOUYAVE WATERSHED, GRENADA, CARIBBEAN ISLAND

open access: yesGeoplanning: Journal of Geomatics and Planning, 2016
Flash-flood is considered as one of the most common natural disasters in Grenada, a tropical small state island in Caribbean Island. Grenada has several areas which are susceptible to flooding.
Rahmat Aris Pratomo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Assessment of Flash Flood to Buildings Using an Indicator-Based Methodology: A Case Study of Mountainous Rural Settlements in Southwest China

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
In southwest China, flash floods occur frequently and often cause severe damage to residential building areas, especially in mountainous rural settlements. Risk assessment is crucial in the hazard mitigation policies and measures.
Yiwei Zhen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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