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Kristen Rasmussen, who studies flash flooding at the University of Washington in Seattle, says it would be really useful to combine the drone system with existing models that take account of terrain and how the water moves.

The memory of the night I thought we might drown in a flash flood at Havasu Falls was still too fresh in my mind.

My mind wanders to thoughts of the 2008 flash flood at this campground when everyone had to be evacuated and people were stuck on the other side of the raging, muddy river.

Not exact matches

Humans are very good at this sort of thing and it was well within the experience of the writers of the Talmud to extrapolate from flash floods and imagine a one that covered the world.

wolf's «magic map» at cnn is no match for snow's «swingometer» on bbc... and frankly i'm getting a bit of a headache from all the flashing images and moving text they have flooding the screen (though in terms of election night broadcasting embarrassment, the holograms are still no match for jeremy vine's antics earlier this year...)

Existing forecasting models are good at predicting roughly when an area might experience the right mix of conditions to create a flash flood, but they can't say precisely when or where a flood will strike.

«In addition to cooling urban microclimates, these trees, which are integrated within dense urban street networks, also provide other benefits, such as reducing the risk of flash flooding and cleaning the air,» says Peter Edwards, Principal Investigator at the Future Cities Laboratory and Director of the Singapore - ETH Centre.

The result for Pakistan's northwest was flash flooding that killed at least 1,500 people, according to government estimates; washed out numerous bridges; and destroyed a section of the fabled Karakoram Highway, cutting off half a million people from the outside world.

ADVANCES: Meteorologists can now detect precipitation changes at a smaller scale, making it much easier to forecast flash floods, says Jonathan Gourley, a research hydrologist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla..

Archaeologists first began digging at large mounds near Jiroft in 2001 after flash floods uncovered ancient graves nearby.

Vulnerable Haiti is braced for flash floods and violent winds from extremely dangerous Hurricane Matthew as the powerful storm remains on a path aiming at the hemisphere's poorest country.

At the opposite end of precipitation extremes, drought also poses risks to public health and safety.192 Drought conditions may increase the environmental exposure to a broad set of health hazards including wildfires, dust storms, extreme heat events, flash flooding, degraded water quality, and reduced water quantity.

Add to your check list of reality the fact that Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate (see RC threads on tropical glacier melt); enough so that flash flooding, from overflowing glacier - melt lakes, is a serious and life - threatening concern of downstream populations.

At any moment, a flood of disconnected flashes invade the screen, with no way to know that they're coming.

July 16, 2017 • A flash flood plowed through a popular rural Arizona swimming hole Saturday afternoon, killing at least nine people, local authorities say.

Students will compete in different environments which consists of dry land, flash flooding, and at night.

In Malaysia, flash flood is common phenomena throughout the year which at times drivers are unable to avoid.

In some cases, you may have to settle for less coverage — or none at all — especially if you live in an area that's prone to catastrophic weather such as flash floods.

Alaska Air Stops at Nothing to Find Lost Cat, Pregnant Dog saves girl from drowning in Philippines flash floods tragedy, Screaming Baby Squirrel Caught After 40 Foot Fall, Cat survives four - hour, 200 - mile journey sitting on engine of car.

Driss and Khalid had bickered endlessly over trivial matters; gritty desert winds had pushed the temperature at times to more than 100 degrees; Berber tribals had taken us for insurgents and threatened us; and a flash flood — the summer bane, often lethal, of the High Atlas — had trapped us for a night on a mountain ledge.

Well, at least our campsite at Joshua Tree wasn't in a flash flood zone — or I may have reconsidered the trip.

The weather service, according to news reports, issued a flash flood warning at 2 a.m. Friday, but it was of little help to the sleeping campers in the hilly region with scant cell - phone service.

(12/20/2011) As the Philippines begins to bury more than a 1,000 disaster victims in mass graves, Philippine President Benigno Aquino has ordered an investigation into last weekend's flash flood and landslide, including looking at the role of illegal logging.

WSJ: A roundup of what the Indian media said after flash floods and landslides killed at least 800 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand last month.

After flash floods and landslides killed at least 800 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand last month, disaster management authorities are planning to halt rescue [continue reading...]

A serious challenge is that the suggested location for the Samzong fields is at risk of flash flooding due to Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs).

Heavy rains in south - western China have caused flash floods and mudslides, killing at least 21 people...

At right, an official takes measurements after a flash - flood inundated the lake bed.

It's as if there was no forethought at all to the potential complications of flash - flooding.»

The researchers themselves witnessed both of these sorts of events live: At one point, they stood by as a flash flood washed dark sediment into the lake.

While you might not think you're at risk of flooding, it's something to keep in mind if you're in an area that experiences flash floods.