Tag Archives: disasters

Flooding along the Mississippi River

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

In case other events have crowded it out of your news feed, there’s record-breaking flooding going on in the Mississippi River basin. Snowmelt in the headwaters, combined with weeks of heavy rains in the middle reaches of the river basin, … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology, Uncategorized

Pakistan floods: Predictable or predicted, but a disaster nonetheless

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

Unusually heavy monsoon rains in July and August 2010 left large swaths of Pakistan underwater. At least 18 million people were affected by the flood, and it is estimated that, more than six months later, several hundred thousand remain without … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, climate science, geohazards, hydrology, paper reviews, society

Landslides and flooding in Brazil

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

While Australia continues to cope with widespread flooding in Queensland and elsewhere and the death toll continues to rise (at least 20 people), in Brazil landslides and flooding in the past week have claimed at least 700 lives. Yet international … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology

A flood is a disaster when people are in the way

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Anne Jefferson

At any given moment, somewhere in the world, there is a flood occurring. Most of the time, those floods don’t make the international news circuit. When they do, it is because there are people in harm’s way. But the intensity … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology