Flood mortality in SE Asia: can palaeo‐historical information help save lives?

[Excerpt] Asia is one of the world's most flood-prone regions by many metrics: high flood magnitudes, frequency, severity; the number countries affected, the area of inundation; the number of people at risk; and importantly, flood-related fatalities (AIR, 2014; Luo, Maddoks, Iceland,Ward, &...

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Published in:Hydrological Processes
Main Authors: Ziegler, Alan D., Lim, H.S., Wasson, Robert J., Williamson, Fiona C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Wiley 2021
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Iceland
Online Access:https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/65376/1/65376_Ziegler_et_al_2020_accepted.pdf
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Summary:[Excerpt] Asia is one of the world's most flood-prone regions by many metrics: high flood magnitudes, frequency, severity; the number countries affected, the area of inundation; the number of people at risk; and importantly, flood-related fatalities (AIR, 2014; Luo, Maddoks, Iceland,Ward, & Winsemius, 2015; Table 1). With respect to mortality, nearly all the countries with more than 5,000 flood-related deaths since 1985 are from Asia (11 of 13; Table 1; Figure 1). As we write this commentary, flooding associated with tropical storm Nangka has caused more than 40 deaths in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam(Floodlist, 2020).

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