Before rain begins to fall, scientists and engineers can predict where a storm might cause flooding thanks to advanced modeling and digital simulations that help guide billion-dollar decisions ...

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are now opening new possibilities for faster and more accurate flood mapping, enabling researchers to process large volumes of environmental data and satellite ...

Researchers have developed a new simulation model, which can predict flooding during an ongoing disaster more quickly and accurately than currently possible. A new simulation model that can predict ...

Flash floods are among the deadliest weather disasters globally, causing more than 5,000 deaths each year, yet they remain difficult to predict because of ...

Nearly three months after hurricanes Helene and Milton delivered record flood and storm surge levels to cities in Florida, the state has accepted a public loss model that FIU helped design to assess ...

When severe weather strikes, the National Weather Service's (NWS) Office of Water Prediction (OWP) makes critical flood forecasts with the National Water Model. Despite improvements over time, the ...

A south-east Queensland council has commissioned an independent review of its flood zone mapping modelling after receiving thousands of complaints about the plan. The Logan City Council's flood map ...

The view from a nearly 40-foot hill in the northwest exurb of Hockley gives a glimpse into the future for one of the Houston area's top-selling real estate markets. Standing atop the hill bifurcating ...

University of Melbourne PHD student Niels Fraehr, alongside Professor Q J Wang, Dr Wenyan Wu and Professor Rory Nathan, from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, developed the ...