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Flood
A flood is an overflow of a body of water (rive, lake) that submerges land or the abnormal accumulation of water on the surface due to excess rainfall and rise of the groundwater level above surface on impermeable or saturated terrains. source: CRED
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9 Mar 2010, IRIN
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- Water & environment 2010: CIWEM's annual conference28-29 Apr 2010, United Kingdom (London)
- 2010 UNU International course - optional course in global change and sustainability10 May - 18 Jun 2010, Japan (Tokyo)
- ASFPM 34th annual national conference: Building blocks of floodplain management16-21 May 2010, United States of America (Oklahoma City)
- Assessment and management of geological riskUNIGE
- Flood risk managementNewcastle University, United Kingdom (Newcastle)
- MSC in water resources developmentIWFM
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Climate change vulnerability map of Southeast AsiaJan 2009, EEPSEA; IDRC
- Multiple climate hazard map of Southeast AsiaJan 2009, EEPSEA; IDRC
- Mean annual economic losses due to natural disasters 19802008Mar 2009, Maplecroft
- Using climate and weather forecasts to improve humanitarian decision making: a partnership to save lives2009, IFRC; IRI; Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
- 2007 Disasters in numbers2008, CRED; UNISDR
Human Exposure - Absolute exposure to flood
| Countries | People exposed per year
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| 1 | Bangladesh | 19,279,960 |  |
| 2 | India | 15,859,640 | |
| 3 | China | 3,972,502 | |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 3,403,041 | |
| 5 | Cambodia | 1,765,674 | |
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Number of flood occured (reported)
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
External Online Resources on Flood
- 3R initiative: Be buffered
- Education for hazards
- HelpDesk for Integrated Flood Management (IFM HelpDesk)
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- Institute for Business and Home Safety: disaster safety portal
- International Charter: Space and major disaster activation maps
- inTERRAgate
- Knowledge sharing on disaster risk reduction
- Martinique: risques et nuisances (in French)
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- OIKOS: interactive game and information on hazard impact, mechanism, mitigation and simulation (in many languages)
- Riverbank erosion and flood in Kazipur, Bangladesh
- SATCA: Early warning system for Central America
- Sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region
- UK Climate Impacts Programme: Adaptation actions database
- UN-Water
- UNFCCC: local coping strategies database
- Water management in Taiwan
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