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FLOODING FROM THE RED RIVER THREATENS THE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA AREA AGAIN . RECORD- TO NEAR-RECORD FLOOD LEVELS THREE YEARS IN A ROW SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2011. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. HAZARD MAPS INVENTORY VULNERABILITY LOCATION.
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FLOODING FROM THE RED RIVER THREATENS THE FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA AREA AGAIN RECORD- TO NEAR-RECORD FLOOD LEVELS THREE YEARS IN A ROW SUNDAY, APRIL 9, 2011 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA
HAZARD MAPS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • PREVENTION/MITIGATION • PREPAREDNESS • EMERGENCY RESPONSE • RECOVERY and • RECONSTRUCTION RISK ASSESSMENT POLICY OPTIONS ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK FLOOD DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DATA BASES AND INFORMATION COMMUNITY HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS
RED RIVER THREATENS FARGO, ND (TOP) AND MOORHEAD, MN (BOTTOM) THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA: 2011 National Guards walk the levee protecting Fargo from the rising Red River, which reached 39 feet on April 9th, short of the 2009 record
RISK ASSESSMENT: FLOODING FROM RED RIVER: APRIL-MAY 2011 • WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY WILL THE FLOODING OCCUR? • HOW HIGH IS THE RIVER’S FLOOD STAGE? • WHAT IS AT RISK? • VULNERABILITIES? • EXPECTED DAMAGE? • EXPECTED SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS?
CAUSES OF RISK LOSS OF FUNCTION OF STRUCTURES IN FLOODPLAIN INUNDATION INTERACTION WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIALS STRUCTURAL/CONTENTS DAMAGE FROM WATER FLOODS WATER BORNE DISEASES (HEALTH PROBLEMS) CASE HISTORIES EROSION AND MUDFLOWS CONTAMINATION OF GROUND WATER
REAL TIME WEATHER FORCASTING AND WARNING SYSTEMS MEASURMENT TECHNOLOGIES (E.G., STREAM GAGUES) RISK MODELING (E.G., HAZUS, INSURANCE UNDERWRITING) DATABASES MAPS: 100-YEAR AND 500-YEAR FLOODS FLOOD DISASTER SCENARIOS DRONE PLANES HAZMAT MANAGEMENT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION
NATURAL HAZARDS FOR WHICH EVACUATION IS TYPICAL FLOODS GOAL: MOVE PEOPLE OUT OF HARM’S WAY HURRICANES TYPHOONS HIGH BENEFIT/COST FOR SAVING LIVES, BUT LOW BEMEFIT/COST FOR PROTECTING PROPERTY TSUNAMIS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS WILDFIRES
PREPARATION WAS DIFFERENT IN 2011 • Both Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, MN., with a combined population of nearly 200,000, now have permanent and temporary dikes and levees reaching to at least 41 feet.
PREPARATION WAS DIFFERENT IN 2011 • The cities placed more than a million sandbags in advance. • National Guard members were assigned to patrol all the flood defenses, augmented by un-manned drones.
PREPARATION WAS DIFFERENT IN 2011 • Fargo and Moorhead had reduced their vulnerability to floods by buying out homes in flood-prone areas, and purchasing miles of quick-install diking systems.
LOOKING BACK • The record flood of 2009 forced thousands to evacuate, inundated about 100 homes and caused an estimated $100 million in damage as the river crested at 40.84 feet. • In 2010, the river crested at 36.99 feet, the sixth-highest crest on record
RECORD FLOODING THEN AND NOW WAS CAUSED BY RAPID MELT OF A HEAVY SNOW PACK MARCH 28-30, 2009
