The Hindu Kush Himalayas holds the world’s largest ice reserves outside the polar regions and extends 3,500 kilometers over Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the People’s Republic of China, India, ...

Flying Labs uses drones and GIS for international development and disaster recovery with a localized network, disrupting the traditional model for humanitarian aid.

In all cases, it’s important to leverage local knowledge and actively involve the affected communities. As the Thame glacial lake flooding incident demonstrated, local knowledge is vital to saving ...

These dynamic processes are still at work, but in many places across High Asia there is a new factor at play: modern infrastructure (like haphazard road-building in Nepal) is increasing ... damage in ...

Freshwater is essential to life on Earth; it’s what sets us apart from the rest of our solar system. But our relationships with water differ dramatically across the globe: from polar regions where ...

QUINCY ‒ Revisions to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's flood maps will save hundreds of Quincy property owners money for insurance costs, according to city officials. The new map will ...

Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs. The revised map ...

KINGWOOD, Texas (KTRK) -- Some Kingwood neighbors believe a new Harris County flood map is misleading and are worried about what it could mean for future flood mitigation projects. For Kingwood ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Property owners will have a chance to appeal the federal government’s new Flood Insurance Rate Maps on Oahu. Over the past five years, FEMA has studied flood risks ...

The project reports are part of the government's flood mitigation measures ... West Champaran and other cities located along the Indo-Nepal border." Construction works on the new barrages will ...

An interactive flood map has highlighted the alarming impact rising sea levels could have on south east London, with several areas at risk of being underwater by 2030. The map, created using data ...

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