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Floods
This category deals with one of the most destructive weather phenomenons, floods. Floods can be caused by hurricanes and heavy rains. They can be in rivers, lakes, streams, even that little harmless creek up the road. Sites listed here discuss anything flood related, from specific flood incidents to the phenomenon behind floods, to how to deal with flooding before and after.
Sites in Floods
Floodplain Management
Information about flooding, floodplains, and flood protection. Also links to other web resources related to floods, flooding, and floodplain management.
Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)
ASFPM is an organization of professionals in the US interested in floods, floodplain management and related topics. Site contains news of national, state and local floodplain management legislation.
Knapp Associates
Providing information for homeowners, insurance companies, lenders, and real estate agencies for handling the before and afters of a flood.
Coping With Floods
Extensive information on dealing with the before, during, and aftermath of floods, presented by North Dakota State University.
NOVA Online, Flood
Takes a look at the history of floods, the midwestern flood of 1993, and the benefits of floods.
The Flash Flood Laboratory at Colorado State University
Problem-focused, multi-disciplinary center providing applied research, education and a communication forum to reduce the future impact of flash flood disasters.
Flooding
Background information for journalists writing about flooding and flood damage prevention.
Flooding Topics
Online info about local flooding including the King County Flood Warning System, flood buyouts and other programs, how to call in drainage complaints, and hydrologic data.
FEMA: Floods
U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency resources on the topic, including floodplain mapping and mitigation programs, advice on preparedness, reports on past floods, and legal information.
Hydrological and Meteorological Monitoring Forecasting and Protection System
Describes the flood protection project in Poland following the 1997 floods.
American Red Cross - Flood and Flash Flood
Information on preparing for floods and how to cope afterwards. |
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