Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 June Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes. We have to understand how hills shape floods 24/06/2022 | 3 MINS This article by Sally Thompson, Associate Professor in the School of Engineering, Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering at Lombok Institute of Technology, Anneliese Sytsma, Postdoctoral fellow, Colorado School of Mines, Dana Ariel Lapides, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Simon Fraser University and Mary H. Nichols Research scientist, International Institute of Tropical Forestry originally appeared in The Conversation on 24 June. Protecting people from floods requires many technical professionals to make good predictions and decisions. Meteorologists predict the risk of extreme rainfall. Hydrologists translate this rainfall into predictions about what the flood will be like in terms of depth, flow and speed. Engineers design roads, bridges and buildings to cope with the likely conditions,

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We have to understand how hills shape floods Our flood predictions are getting worse as the climate changes.

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