Real-Time Early Warning System Design for Pluvial Flash Floods—A Review [PDF]
Sensors, 2018 Pluvial flash floods in urban areas are becoming increasingly frequent due to climate change and human actions, negatively impacting the life, work, production and infrastructure of a population.
Melisa Acosta-Coll +3 more
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Results of the post flash-flood disaster investigations in the Transylvanian Depression (Romania) during the last decade (2001–2010) [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2014 Flash-flood disasters are very rare in the Transylvanian Depression. In the last decades just three events were signalled in the study area, all of them during the last 10 years.
V. Arghiuş +3 more
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High-impact floods and flash floods in Mediterranean countries: the FLASH preliminary database [PDF]
Advances in Geosciences, 2010 This paper contains a preliminary analysis of flood risk in Mediterranean countries, conducted within the framework of the FLASH European Project. All flood events recorded between 1990 and 2006 in the Mediterranean region have been included in the study.
M. C. Llasat +12 more
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The benefit of high-resolution operational weather forecasts for flash flood warning [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2008 In Mediterranean Europe, flash flooding is one of the most devastating hazards in terms of loss of human life and infrastructures. Over the last two decades, flash floods have caused damage costing a billion Euros in France alone.
J. Younis, S. Anquetin, J. Thielen
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Estimation of extreme flash flood evolution in Barcelona County from 1351 to 2005 [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2006 Every year, flash floods cause economic losses and major problems for undertaking daily activity in the Catalonia region (NE Spain). Sometimes catastrophic damage and casualties occur.
A. Barrera, M. C. Llasat, M. Barriendos
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Flash floods: formation, study and distribution [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 Flash floods are one of the most widespread and dangerous phenomenon on our planet. They are characterized by fast speed of development and short duration.
Kuksina Liudmila, Golosov Valentin
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Hydrology Research, 2022 Flash floods show strong regional differentiation in spatial–temporal distribution and driving forces, thereby hindering their effective prevention and control.
Han Zhang +3 more
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Geohazards and Geomorphological Setting in Poznań Urban Area, Poland
Journal of Maps, 2021 This paper presents the results of geohazards mapping and evaluation their role in the modifying of the urban landscape in Poznań, Poland. Information on geohazards specific to an urban lowland area (river floods, flash floods, mass movement, wind ...
Zbigniew Zwoliński +4 more
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Documenting and Analyzing the Harmful Impacts of The Seasonal Floods in Upper Egypt on Qena-Safaga Railway Track Infrastructure [PDF]
JES: Journal of Engineering Sciences, 2022 In light of the world's current severe climatic changes, it has been observed that the frequency of flash floods and torrents is increasing at an accelerating rate in numerous areas, exposing civil infrastructure and property to significant damage and ...
Tarek S Abuzeid +2 more
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Driving Force Analysis of Flash Floods in Fujian Province
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 Flash floods are one of the most destructive natural disasters. The comprehensive identification of the spatiotemporal characteristics and driving factors of a flash flood is the basis for the scientific understanding of the formation mechanism and the ...
Junnan Xiong +7 more
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