Could South Africa’s flooding in 2022 have been foreseen? It has long been a challenge for scientists and engineers around the world.
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Solutions already exist. What’s holding humanity back is the will to get past the status quo and embrace innovation.
A quarter of South Africans in cities are living in informal settlements.
Women and girls living in poverty face many forms of discrimination and pressure during events like flood disasters.
Flooding is arguably even more problematic in informal settlements because of the lack of planning.
Emission of greenhouse gases is on the rise, an indication that the worst lies ahead.
Flood clusters are not unknown - but what’s new about the floods hitting Lismore is the unprecented height.
This score is a massive four points higher than the year prior. But as La Niña subsides, we’ll quickly feel the long-term warming trend again, with bushfires picking back up next season.
Flood threatened settlements must get everyone involved in an effort to become truly resilient cities.
The flood will exacerbate the housing crisis for people with disability and their carers. Here’s why – and six steps governments could take now.
Domestic violence surges during and after bushfires, pandemics, earthquakes, cyclones and floods. We need to start preparing for the next inevitable disaster.
The urge to create, or donate to, crowdfunding campaigns in a crisis is understandable. But it’s worth asking: who can succeed in crowdfunding, and who gets left behind?
Floods allow aquatic animals to venture into places you wouldn’t expect, from crocs in swimming pools to bull sharks in a golf course.
Food is a fundamental human right. But governments have left it to charities and food suppliers to step in after disasters. That has to change as climate change throws up greater stresses.
Thinking carefully about people’s health during and after disaster is crucial to building disaster resilience. Ensuring access to medicines is a core part of that goal.
When bad weather stops moving, the outlook can get dire for the areas in its path.
Mosquitoes love water and with floodwater set to remain for some time, expect mosquito numbers to increase. Here’s how to avoid mozzie bites and the diseases they bring.
As history shows, many natural and human factors determine how water will behave during a flood.
How does this compare to Australia’s previous floods? And can we expect more frequent floods at this scale under climate change? The answers aren’t straightforward.
As someone who lost pretty much everything in the 2011 Brisbane floods and then led a study on community responses to those floods, I have some insights on what helps – and what doesn’t.
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Senior Lecturer in Climate Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton
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Visiting Scientist, United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), United Nations University
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Associate professor, Rhodes University
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Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of River Science and Climate Resilience, University of Salford
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Honorary Research Fellow in Hydromorphology, University of Salford
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Assistant Professor, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
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Professor of Environmental Planning, University of Waikato
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Head of Operational Climate Services, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Lecturer in Human Geography and Urban Development, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Professor of Water and Planning, University of Sheffield
