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Another bizarrely entitled event on flooding — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2008-06-15 20:38

A silly season in the making?

"Weather Radar for Water Management" presentations online — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2008-03-20 19:49

Presentations from the BHS Southwest meeting "Weather Radar for Water Management" are now available on the web.

EU Floods Directive published — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2007-12-17 15:42

Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union (ref L 288/27 dated 06/11/2007).

Frank Furedi on Floods — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2007-07-25 12:23

Frank Furedi, professor of sociology at University of Kent, has written a couple of articles this week on flooding and natural disasters and people's remarkable ability to cope.

Call for Papers: BHS Peter Wolf Young Hydrologists Symposium — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2007-03-22 12:47

The BHS Peter Wolf Young Hydrologists Symposium aims to bring together young hydrologists, both postgraduates and those working in industry, to promote exchange of hydrological ideas and experience, and to help establish networks among hydrology researchers.

Hydrowiki: a collaborative encyclopedia of hydrology topics — by Florian Pappenberger — last modified 2007-01-11 10:12

Hydrowiki has been created as an effort to advance hydrology education. It is being developed as a collaborative encyclopedia of hydrology topics generated by students, faculty and researchers from educational and other institutions throughout the world working in disciplines relating to hydrology.

EPSRC Ideas Factory: Coping with extreme weather events — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2007-01-04 12:18

The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has issued a ‘Call for Participants’ to take part in a five-day sandpit to look for innovative ways to address the problem of coping with extreme weather events.

Summer School: mathematical methods for coastal engineering — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-12-19 13:33

Registration is open for the 2007 Summer School in mathematical methods for coastal engineering, to be held in Plymouth, UK, 19-28 June 2007.

New WMO/GWP Associated Programme on Flood Management publications — by Florian Pappenberger — last modified 2006-12-15 10:37

The World Meteorological Organisation/Global Water Partnership Associated Programme on Flood Management lists two new publications: Legal and Institutional Aspects and Environmental Aspects of Integrated Flood Management.

Site upgrade (registration should now work) — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-12-12 22:25

I've just finished a major upgrade. New member registration should now work. Sorry to anyone who has been frustrated by this.

New book: Future Flooding and Coastal Erosion Risks — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-12-08 14:50

Thomas Telford have published (or will publish, the publication date is January 2007) a new book which, "summarises previously unpublished science and engineering behind the Foresight Project of Flood and Coastal Defence performed on behalf of the Office of Science and Technology (now the Office of Science and Innovation) and reveals the methodological basis for the study as well as its outcomes."

CFP: 2nd IMA Conference on Flood Risk Assessment — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-12-04 08:55

The conference will provide a forum at which engineers, mathematicians and statisticians can meet to exchange views on this important technical area. The emphasis will be on new developments in the mathematical and statistical techniques applicable for assessing flood risk. The conference will be of interest to flood defence practitioners; flood defence managers; statisticians, mathematicians and civil engineers in research and universities.

New FP6 project: FLASH — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-11-16 17:06

Observations, Analysis and Modeling of Lightning Activity in Thunderstorms, for use in Short Term Forecasting of Flash Floods.

BHS SW Young Hydrologist's Meeting presentations — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-11-14 10:35

Dawei Han writes: "The BHS South West Young Hydrologist's Meeting was held at Bristol University on 25 October 2006. Some of the speakers had kindly provided the PowerPoint files to be placed at the BHS SW web site."

Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change — by Florian Pappenberger — last modified 2006-11-13 15:36

Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economics Service and Adviser to the Government on the economics of climate change and development, has presented to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer his report on the Economics of Climate Change

ABI: Increase flooding expenditure, or face the consequences — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-11-13 15:23

The Institution of Civil Engineers reports on a recent Association of British Insurers report on flooding. The report, "states that up to 400,000 homes in the East of England could be at risk of serious flooding within 35 years unless £8 billion is invested in coastal defences."

SKCC workshop: probabilistic climate scenarios in impacts assessment and adaptation studies — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-10-17 12:43

The Sustaining Knowledge for a Changing Climate project is holding a workshop on the use of probabilistic climate scenarios in impacts assessment and adaptation studies. This workshop will be free to attend, and will be held on 10 November 2006 in Norwich, UK. Speakers include: Rob Lempert, RAND, USA; Rob Wilby, Environment Agency and David Sexton and Geoff Jenkins, Hadley Centre.

Call for abstracts: 14th German Dam Symposium — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-10-05 15:27

You are invited to submit your abstracts of maximum 2.500 characters in length for the six topics of the symposium in german or english language by 15 November 2006 through the conference web site. Full papers accepted for oral presentation will be published in a special issue of the journal ”WasserWirtschaft“.

IAHR Congress special session: Coping with Risk — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-10-03 14:12

There will be a special session on "Coping with Risk" at the 32nd IAHR Congress in Venice, July 1-6 2007, organised by Kevin Tickle and Jim Hall in the IAHR section on Probabilistic Methods.

ICE News: Flood storage scheme reduces flood risk in Lincolnshire — by Hamish Harvey — last modified 2006-10-02 10:16

The largest flood storage project in Europe, the Alkborough Flats Tidal Defence Scheme in Lincolnshire, will reduce the risk of flooding for 300,000 people and become a haven for wildfowl and wading birds, the Environment Agency stated recently.