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Conisborough is among multiple towns and villages heavily affected by flooding along the River Don. Peter Powell/EPA

November 15, 2019

Flood survivors should be given proper support – instead they’re told to get ‘resilient’

Paul O'Hare, Manchester Metropolitan University and Iain White, University of Waikato

Current policy to manage and protect people from flooding disadvantages those who are most vulnerable.

Flooding in Wainfleet All Saints, Lincolnshire, which received two months rain in two days in June 2019. Joe Giddens/PA

July 15, 2019

Flooding: Britain’s coastal towns and villages face a design challenge to cope with climate emergency

Carola Koenig, Brunel University of London and Philip Collins, Brunel University of London

Planning for the growing risks of flooding that threatens the UK’s cities, towns and villages is underway, but progress is too slow.

Debris in a boatyard in Mexico Beach, Fla., on Oct. 11, 2018, after Hurricane Michael heavily damaged the town. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File

May 23, 2019

Getting ready for hurricane season: 4 essential reads

Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation

For the start of Atlantic hurricane season on June 1, scholars explain weather forecasting, evacuation orders, inland flooding risks and how social ties influence decisions to stay or flee.

Historic flooding in the Midwest, including this farm in Nebraska, has caused widespread damage. DroneBase via AP

March 29, 2019

For a flooded Midwest, climate forecasts offer little comfort

Shuang-Ye Wu, University of Dayton

A climatologist who studies precipitation trends explains how climate change is projected to make flooding events in the Midwest more severe and more frequent.

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