TY - JOUR
T1 - Flood mortality in SE Asia
T2 - Can palaeo-historical information help save lives?
AU - Ziegler, Alan D.
AU - Lim, H. S.
AU - Wasson, Robert J.
AU - Williamson, Fiona C.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - 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).
AB - 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).
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85097594151
U2 - 10.1002/hyp.13989
DO - 10.1002/hyp.13989
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 0885-6087
VL - 35
JO - Hydrological Processes
JF - Hydrological Processes
IS - 1
M1 - e13989
ER -