New Delhi: The Delhi govt informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Dec 5 that the process of virtually mapping and demarcating a one-in-100-year floodplain — an area that gets submerged in a big ...

World leaders will address the impending threat of climate change this month at the COP26 conference. The event, held in Scotland from October 31 to November 12, will gather global policymakers to ...

Flooding isn’t just a risk for those living near hurricane-prone coastlines or riverbanks—floodwaters can rise almost anywhere, including areas where homeowners least expect it. Even a single ...

Flooding is one of the most dangerous climate change-based emergencies in 2021, with several countries forced to battle waist to neck-high waters. In Germany, floods sparked by extreme weather killed ...

EINPresswire/ -- What Is The Projected Market Size & Growth Rate Of The Drone-Based Floodplain Mapping Market? In recent times, there has been phenomenal growth in the market size of floodplain ...

Traditional methods of communicating how likely an area is to flood focus on designating which zones are 'high risk.' This study suggests that this framing may give developers and homeowners a false ...

Making and maintaining an accurate flood map is neither simple nor inexpensive. Even after an investment of more than $1 billion to take flood maps into the digital world, only 21 percent of the ...

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can ...

Common methods of communicating flood risk may create a false sense of security, leading to increased development in areas threatened by flooding. This phenomenon, called the “safe development paradox ...