List of articles on flood damage

Wide-area evacuation through cooperation between local governments shortens evacuation time in the event of a flood Tsukuba University elucidates

 A research group at the University of Tsukuba has quantitatively clarified the effects of wide-area evacuation from the perspective of shortening travel time in floods and floods, and is more efficient.

Protect hospitals from floods and formulate disaster prevention plans for flood damage such as Kyoto University

 The Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University, the disaster base hospital / Hitoyoshi Medical Center in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Shimizu Construction of the Genecon will protect the disaster base hospital from flood damage […]

NTT Communications Starts Demonstration Experiment Using Citizen Participation-type "Digital Disaster Prevention Drill" Tokyo University of Science Cooperates

 NTT Communications Co., Ltd., with the cooperation of the Hydraulics Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, disaster prevention in high-risk areas of flood damage […]

Immediate international support is needed for flood increase, Shibaura Institute of Technology evaluates "limit of adaptation" of damage

 The research team of Professor Yukiko Hirabayashi of Shibaura Institute of Technology and others said that the amount of flood damage due to climate change etc. is now after the implementation of adaptation measures for flood risk reduction […]

Flood susceptibility changes due to global warming Elucidated by climate change impact assessment

 Shibaura Institute of Technology, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, MS & AD InterRisk Research Institute, Inc. are jointly changing due to climate change […]

Precipitation activity on the Baiu front has been activated over the last 10 years, revealed by satellite rainfall observations

 It was found that the precipitation activity of the Baiu front has become very active in the last 10 years.Tokyo Metropolitan University and Nagoya University teams see rain […]

Paddy fields in the valley reduce flood damage, analyzed by Kyoto Sangyo University, etc.

 Takaaki Nishida, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, can reduce flood damage in urban areas by paddy fields that exist in valleys where water flowing on the surface of the earth tends to collect. […]

Utilizing supercomputer "Tomitake", developing AI technology to predict tsunami inundation in seconds

 The International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, the Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, and the Fujitsu Research Institute utilize the supercomputer "Tomitake" to infiltrate tsunamis in coastal areas […]

Sophia University, Kyushu Heavy Rain Disaster Area Survey Team Multifaceted Verification of Disaster Prevention Administration and Press

 From mid-September to the end of December, Sophia University will conduct research on the heavy rains in Kyushu that caused enormous damage to southern Kyushu in July 2020. […]