Regional Flood WG Meet-ups: Progress on Flash Flood Management
Flash floods remain among the world’s most dangerous natural hazards, demanding timely forecasts and effective decision support. Join the upcoming EOTEC DevNet regional flood meet-ups July 8 and 9 to hear experts share operational approaches from around the world — from innovations in early warning systems to regional and local assessment models that are helping protect lives, infrastructure, and communities.
Each regional session will feature a short global case together with regional cases, followed by an interactive discussion on lessons learned, operational needs, and capacity development priorities.
Confirmed presentations include:
- Global case: Hydrologic Research Center’s Flash Flood Guidance System, which helps forecasters at National Meteorological and Hydrological Services issue timely and reliable flash flood watches and warnings.
- Regional flash flood cases
- Assessing flash flood risks to urban infrastructure in Houston, Texas
- Assessing the extent of flash flood zones in Grand-Bassam, Cote d’Ivoire, using Google Earth Engine and VIKOR
- Risk modeling in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Flash flood forecasting at the pan-European scale within CEMS-Floods EFAS
- And more coming!
Session times:
- Africa: 8 July 2026, 13:00 UTC
- Americas: 8 July 2026, 16:00 UTC
- Asia-Oceania: 9 July 2026, 04:00 UTC
- Europe: 9 July 2026, 13:00 UTC
Check back for agendas and speaker info.
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