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The Floods Directive (Directive 2007/60/EC [1]) is legislation in the European Parliament on the assessment and management of flood risks. The floods directive basically prescribes a three-step procedure:
Hazard maps created for flooding are also used in insurance rate adjustments. [3] Hazard maps can also be useful in determining the risks of living in a certain area. [3] Hazard maps can help people become aware of the dangers they might face from natural disasters in a specific area. [1]
Although the ICPDR contracting parties are a mix of EU Member States and Non-Member States, all have committed themselves to meeting the requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive. This commitment was augmented by the EU Floods Directive in 2007. The ICPDR celebrated 25 years of the Danube River Protection Convention in 2019.
In December 2011 a new version of the map was released that refreshed the information on rivers and the sea, updated the historical information to include the latest flood events and for the first time it included a surface water flood layer. [5] The Map is designed to: Help DfI Rivers and others to plan and manage the work to reduce flood risk.
Heavy rainfall in Libya devastated Derna, where major flooding occurred after poorly maintained dams burst. Learn more about the severity of the Derna floods.
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The term 100-year flood indicates that the area has a one-percent chance of flooding in any given year, not that a flood will occur every 100 years. [2] Such maps are used in town planning, in the insurance industry, and by individuals who want to avoid moving into a home at risk of flooding or to know how to protect their property. FIRMs are ...
The move comes after Google said on Monday that Google Maps will change the name of the "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" for U.S. users once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic ...