Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Flash Floods in Slovenia
Dela, 2016 This paper examines the spatial distribution of frequency of flash floods along with their seasonal distribution. The spatio-temporal analysis of past flash flooding covered 124 flash floods affecting areas of Slovenia between 1550 and 2015. Flash floods
Tajan Trobec
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Flash floods in the Eastern Mediterranean (EM) region are considered among the most destructive natural hazards, which pose a significant challenge to model due to their high complexity.
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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.
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 Compared with floods occurring over plains, alpine flash floods are formed over scattered locations with complex terrain and data is often lacking regarding the land topography, flow and sedimentation, causing difficulties when developing mathematical ...
Yufei Ding, Xingnian Liu, Ridong Chen
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Spatiotemporal variability of flash floods and their human impacts in the Czech Republic during the 2001–2023 period [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System SciencesFlash floods, characterized by their sudden onset, extreme discharge, short duration, material damage, and human loss, represent a significant natural hazard.
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Flash floods versus river floods – a comparison of psychological impacts and implications for precautionary behaviour [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2020 River floods are among the most damaging natural hazards that frequently occur in Germany. Flooding causes high economic losses and impacts many residents. In 2016, several southern German municipalities were hit by flash floods after unexpectedly severe
J. Laudan, G. Zöller, A. H. Thieken
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MITIGATING FLASH FLOODS WITH THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES: A ΜULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS TO MAP FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY FOR ZAKYNTHOS ISLAND, GREECE [PDF]
Journal of Urban and Regional Analysis, 2020 Floods can be extremely harmful for the welfare of societies regardless if they are natural or caused by humans. The Mediterranean region has experienced an increase in flash floods frequency and severity. The suddenness and episodic nature of these type
Stavros STAVROPOULOS +4 more
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Karst flash floods: an example from the Dinaric karst (Croatia) [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2006 Flash floods constitute one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters worldwide. This paper explains the karst flash flood phenomenon, which represents a special kind of flash flood. As the majority of flash floods karst flash floods are caused by
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A Robust Early Warning System for Preventing Flash Floods in Mountainous Area in Vietnam
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019 The early-warning model for flash floods is based on a hydrological and geomorphological concept connected to the river basin, with the principle that flash floods will only occur where there is a high potential risk and when rainfall exceeds the ...
Thanh Van Hoang +6 more
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Investigation of Flash Floods on Early Basis: A Factual Comprehensive Review
IEEE Access, 2020 Ultimate extreme flash floods can be acknowledged as a main reason of high casualties and infrastructure loss in many countries like Pakistan, Malaysia, Philippines, Southern France, India, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Canada, United States of America and ...
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