Flood Links - Norway 1995
Excellent, brief survey in English of the 1995 floods.
http://www.glb.no/virksomhet/index.html
The GLB, The Glomma and Laagen Waterworks Cooperative, represents 9% of the total hydroelectric production in Norway and the maintenance of 26 regulation reservoirs in the Glommavassdraget representing a total regulation volume of 3,500 million cubic metres.
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- http://www.glb.no/glomma/flom95.html
- Detailed description of the 1995 floods including an elucidating section on the circulation of water in relation to flooding.
- http://www.abc-viscom.no/HYDRAweb
- An exciting and comprehensive research programme on flooding, finished on April 7th 2000.
- Report in the pdf format, which can be downloaded.
- http://www.hiof.no/flom
- The Floods of 1995. Has not been updated since 1996.
- Images from the Frederiksdal floods of June 6th and 8th 1995.
- http://www.glb.no/glomma/flom95.html
Flood Links - Europe
Good factual information about most of the major flood events in Europe from 1997 and after.
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- Poland
http://www.most.org.pl/zb/gb/24/flood.htm
- The floods of 1997 are described and analysed in preparation for a discussion of the reasons why they became so devastating.
- http://academic-info.uj.edu.pl/flood/indexde.html
- http://www.imgw.pl/smok/index.html
- A general introduction to the geographical processes involved in flood events.
- The Czech Republic
- http://www.Halamicek.de/floods
- High quality pictures from the floods of 1997.
- Prague flooding - very interesting
- Germany
- http://www.dwd.de/research/klis/p
- rodukte/monitoring/
- The floods of 1998: a detailed presentation.
http://www.hochwasser.de/
The floods online in Germany
- UK
- http://www.metoffice.com/education/
historic/flood.html
Floods from 1421, 1570, 1825, 1894, 1916 and 1953 - Poland
Flood Links - Global
foods/1998sum.html
This information is presented in order to facilitate research into the occurrence and causes of extreme flood events, to provide international notice of such events, and to improve access to satellite-based measurements and mapping. Updated world map included with all new floods
http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/flood.html
Extensive and detailed presentation of international flood events compiled by the Geography Department of the University of Leicester.
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- USA
Significant Floods in the United States During the 20th Century - USGS
A good and systematic survey of floods in the USA.- http://www.fema.gov/DIZAS/ws96.htm
- Survey of disaster - floods
- USA
- Mississippi
http://www.agu.org/sci_soc/walker.html
Generel introduction to the river
http://edcwww2.cr.usgs.gov/www/toc.htm
- Very detailed report on river regulation published in 1993 after the extensive floods of the upper reaches of the Mississippi river.
- Very detailed report on river regulation published in 1993 after the extensive floods of the upper reaches of the Mississippi river.
- China
- http://www.dwd.de/research/klis/
produkte/monitoring/jangtse/e_jang.htm
- The extreme flood events of 1998.
- http://www.dwd.de/research/klis/
Flood Archives
Excellent NOAA - archive. Registration required - but it is free
Excellent archive of NOAA - pictures. In Dartmouth they have also accumulated socio-economic and hydrologic data. Click the desired catalogue number to locate high resolution jpeg
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