Marin emergency manager briefs Belvedere-Tiburon on Jan. floods, alerts and 9-1-1 outage Marin County emergency management told the Belvedere-Tiburon advisory group that Jan. king tides compounded by storms caused localized flooding, lane reductions on Highway 101 and a countywide 9-1-1 outage; county staff described Alert Marin messaging, sandbag locations and ongoing damage estimates.

Marin County faced a perfect storm of king tides and severe weather, leading to localized flooding, lane closures, and a major 9-1-1 outage—what's next for residents?

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Mount Vernon credits preparation as downtown stays dry; evacuation thresholds spelled out City officials say proactive monitoring and established thresholds helped avert downtown flooding; they outlined river-level triggers for deploying sandbags, closing Division Street bridge and initiating evacuations in the 100‑year floodplain.

Mount Vernon officials reveal how proactive monitoring and strategic planning kept downtown dry during a severe river event, ensuring the safety of residents.

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Department of Agriculture ready to face floods, activates operations room MELAKA: All state Agriculture Departments are now preparing for the ongoing rainy season, including identifying flood hotspot areas that are at risk of affecting the agricultural sector, especially on the East Coast and Johor. Director-General of Agriculture Datuk Nor Sam Alwi said the matter involved activating an operations room equipped with a special line to ensure that damage information could be obtained immediately so that farmers, breeders and officers in the field could take early action. “Data from the report results will be used to coordinate appropriate assistance to affected farmers, including support for replanting crops and basic equipment.” “At […]

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Nature-Based Solutions (NbSs) to Improve Flood Preparedness in Barcelona Metropolitan Area (Northeastern Spain) This paper presents a novel study of the Nature-based Solutions (NbSs) approach to analyze and propose mitigation measures for extreme floods. The study area is the Llobregat River in Catalonia, which...

Very happy to see that our research about #NbS and #FloodPreparation in #Barcelona Metropolitan Area has been published in #Hydrology journal. Great team effort!
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