Creating Lifelines of Flood Forecast.

• Author: Gorre-Dale, Eirah
• Position: Flood warning conference - Brief Article

Floods kill more than 10,000 people each year and displace thousands; many countries are unable to address long-term needs to improve the capacity in dealing with them, much less the ability to effectively communicate warnings to vulnerable populations. It is to help them that the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the United States National Weather Service/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NWS/NOAA) and the Government of Brazil are organizing, along with other partners, an "International Symposium on Flood Forecasting for the Americas", from 15 to 19 November 1999 at the National Institute of Meteorology in Brasilia. Its aim is to strengthen the capacities of national, regional and international institutions, to improve management of water resources and to prevent or mitigate the impacts of water-related disasters such as floods, and improve effectiveness and efficiency of flood forecasting modelling systems, including communication techniques in solving problems and ach ieving better coordination...