River Flood Forecasting System: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Zelentsov, V. A.; Pimanov, Ilya; Potryasaev, Semyon A.; Sokolov, Boris; Cherkas, Sergey; Alabyan, Andrey; Беликов, В. В.; Krylenko, Inna

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63959-8_4

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“…Floods can be classified as fluvial (i.e., due to river overflows), pluvial, flash floods, coastal floods, and floods induced by infrastructure failure, such as levee or dam breaches [9,10]. Factors such as the increase in population density close to rivers (i.e., the decrease of the human-flood distance) [11], fast economic growth in river plains, and changes in land uses tend to further compound the disastrous effects of floods, putting at even higher risk flood-prone areas and, thus, posing a major threat to human life, properties, and infrastructures [12][13][14][15][16]. Moreover, floods can harm the entire spectrum of productive activities, strongly impacting agricultural production, raising food prices, and causing adverse effects on tourism and the local economy [17].…”

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Post-Analysis of Daniel Extreme Flood Event in Thessaly, Central Greece: Practical Lessons and the Value of State-of-the-Art Water-Monitoring Networks

Dimitriou,

Efstratiadis,

Zotou

et al. 2024

Water

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Storm Daniel initiated on 3 September 2023, over the Northeastern Aegean Sea, causing extreme rainfall levels for the following four days, reaching an average of about 360 mm over the Peneus basin, in Thessaly, Central Greece. This event led to extensive floods, with 17 human lives lost and devastating environmental and economic impacts. The automatic water-monitoring network of the HIMIOFoTS National Research Infrastructure captured the evolution of the phenomenon and the relevant hydrometeorological (rainfall, water stage, and discharge) measurements were used to analyse the event’s characteristics. The results indicate that the average rainfall’s return period was up to 150 years, the peak flow close to the river mouth reached approximately 1950 m3/s, and the outflow volume of water to the sea was 1670 hm3. The analysis of the observed hydrographs across Peneus also provided useful lessons from the flood-engineering perspective regarding key modelling assumptions and the role of upstream retentions. Therefore, extending and supporting the operation of the HIMIOFoTS infrastructure is crucial to assist responsible authorities and local communities in reducing potential damages and increasing the socioeconomic resilience to natural disasters, as well as to improve the existing knowledge with respect to extreme flood-simulation approaches.

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