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NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS IN EUROPE

NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS IN EUROPE. Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA. FLOODS. HAZARDS. EXPOSURE. VULNERABILITY. LOCATION. ELEMENTS OF RISK. RISK. FLOOD HAZARDS (AKA POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS ).

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NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS IN EUROPE

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  1. NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS IN EUROPE Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

  2. FLOODS

  3. HAZARDS EXPOSURE VULNERABILITY LOCATION ELEMENTS OF RISK RISK

  4. FLOOD HAZARDS (AKA POTENTIAL DISASTER AGENTS) • Too much water inserted too quickly in the regional drainage system to be accommodated normally by physical processes related to the water cycle. • Inundation • Erosion • Scour • Mudflows

  5. 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

  6. DAMAGE INJURIES COLLAPSE DEATHS LOSS OF FUNCTION ECONOMIC LOSS UNACCEPTABLE RISK RISK

  7. FIVE PILLARS OF RESILIENCE • HAZARDS • INVENTORY • VULNERABILITY • LOCATION • PROTECTION • PEPAREDNESS • EARLY WARNING • EMERGENCY RESPONSE • RECOVERY RISK ASSESSMENT ACCEPTABLE RISK RISK UNACCEPTABLE RISK GOAL: FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENCE DATA BASES AND INFORMATION EUROPEAN CITIES HAZARDS: GROUND SHAKING GROUND FAILURE SURFACE FAULTING TECTONIC DEFORMATION TSUNAMI RUN UP AFTERSHOCKS

  8. SOME OF EUROPE’S RECENT NOTABLE FLOODS MODERATE TO LOW MORTALITY AND HIGH ECONOMIC LOSSES

  9. SHANNON THAMES SEINE RHINE TAGUS RHONE PO DANUBE ELBE VISTULA MAJOR RIVER SYSTEMS IN EUROPE

  10. 1910 GREAT FLOOD OF PARIS: FRANCE DEATHS: NONE, BUT $1.5 BILLION MODERN USD EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  11. THE SEINE RIVER FLOODED CENTRAL PARIS: 1910

  12. 1928 THAMES RIVER FLOOD: UNITED KINGDOM DEATHS: 14 DROWNED AND 1000’S HOMELESS EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  13. THE THAMES RIVER FLOODED CENTRAL LONDON: 1928

  14. 1953 NORTH SEA FLOOD: NETHERLANDS AND UNITED KINGDOM DEATHS:2,142 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  15. 1959 MALPASSET DAM FAILURE: FRANCE DEATHS: 421 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  16. 1962 NORTH SEA FLOOD DEATHS: 315 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS 8

  17. 1962 BARCELONA FLASH FLOOD: SPAIN DEATHS: 919 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  18. 1963 VAJONT FLOOD AND LANDSLIDE: ITALY DEATHS: 1,909 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  19. 1967 LISBON FLASH FLOOD DEATHS: 404 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  20. 1993, 1994, and 1995 RHINE RIVER FLOODS: NETHERLANDS DEATHS:4; 1,000,000 CATTLE EVACUATED; LOSSES IN TENS OF MILLIONS USD EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  21. NOTE: THE NETHERLANDS IS IN REALITY A DELTA OF THE RHINE RIVER

  22. 1997 MILLENIUM FLOOD: POLAND AND CZECH. REPUBLIC DEATHS: 98 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS 8

  23. 1998 SARNO FLOOD AND AVALANCHE: ITALY DEATHS: 159 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS 8

  24. 2007 UNITED KINGDOM FLOODS: UK DEATHS: 13 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS 8

  25. MAP OF FLOODS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ENGLAND: 15-21 JULY

  26. FLOOD IN TEWKESBURY, ENGLAND: JULY 22

  27. FLOOD IN TEWKESBURY, ENGLAND: JULY 22

  28. FLOOD IN GLOUCESTER, ENGLAND: JULY 25

  29. FLOOD IN HENLY ON THE THAMES: JULY 25

  30. FLOOD IN OXFORD AREA: JULY 25

  31. SANDBAGGING IN OXFORD: JULY 25

  32. SANDBAGGING: JULY 25

  33. 2009 ISTHANBUL FLOODS: TURKEY DEATHS: 37 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS 8

  34. FLASH FLOODS IN TURKEY

  35. FLASH FLOODS IN TURKEY

  36. 2010 MADEIRA FLASH FLOOD: PORTUGAL DEATHS: 42 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS

  37. LOCATION OF MADEIRA

  38. WHAT HAPPENEDThe worst storm to hit Madeira since 1993 lashed the south of the Atlantic Ocean island, including the capital, Funchal, Saturday, turning some streets into torrents of mud, water and debris.

  39. WHAT HAPPENED (continued)The flash floods were so powerful they carved paths down mountains and ripped through the city, churning under some bridges and tearing others down.

  40. FEBRUARY 21: FLASH FLOOD

  41. FEBRUARY 21

  42. FEBRUARY 21

  43. 2010 CENTRAL EUROPE FLOODS: POLAND, GERMANY, CZECH, REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, ETC DEATHS: 37 EUROPE’S NOTABLE HISTORIC FLOODS 8

  44. POLAND AND VISTULA RIVER

  45. RIVERS BURST BANKS AND BREACHED DAMS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AFTER WEEKS OF RAIN MAY – JUNE, 2010

  46. EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR BECOMING FLOOD DISASTER RESILIENT

  47. 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 MONITORING BY DRONE PLANES HAZMAT MANAGEMENT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR FLOOD RISK REDUCTION

  48. FLOOD RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES

  49. PURPOSE PREVENTION PROTECTION LAND USE CONTROL TECHNIQUE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT FLOOD CONTROL (DIKES, BARRIERS AND DAMS) ZONING MAPS (BUILD – NO BUILD) RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR FLOODS

  50. FLOOD PREVENTION: DIKES IN THE NETHERLANDS

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