The November 26 and 27, 1927 devastating flood event (NW Algeria): characterization and reconstruction using historical data

Sardou, Miloud; Maouche, Saïd; Sabeur, Bendehiba; Missoum, Hanifi

doi:10.1007/s12517-018-3590-7

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“…Among the most deadly devastating floods, we list that of Mohamadia 15-12-1881 (NW of Algeria), the Fergoug flood failure dam triggers a torrential floods which caused 250 deaths. The same scenario was repeated on 26 November 1927 (Sardou et al 2018), a total of 382 deaths were recorded at Ain Sefra, Tedjdit and Kramis (Wilaya of Mostaganem) (Sardou et al 2018), following the rapture of the same dam (Adjoint1928). The 20 October 1993 Oued R'hiou city flood, 20 minutes of heavy rain caused 23 deaths, 20 injured and several missing (Rezgui 2014).…”

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A geodecisional method based in Analytical Hierarchy Process and Geographic Information System to the flood susceptibility mapping of the Sidi Bel Abbes Territory (NW of Algeria)

Chehibi,

Hamidi,

Roukh

2024

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Floods are one of the most common natural hazards in the world, causing a lot of damage and loss of life every year. In Algeria, many events have caused serious damage over several decades, recorded at the national level; among them, the flood of Mohammedia 1881, Mostaganem 1927, Oued R’hiou 1993 and Bab el Oued (Algiers) 2001. In northwestern of Algeria, the Wilaya of Sidi Bel Abbes, several floods are frequently recorded, with high to catastrophic levels, causing serious damage associated with significant loss of human life. In this work, we propose an approach to evaluate the rate of susceptibility to flooding of the territory of Sidi Bel Abbes by a geodecisional analysis under the GIS environment. A total of nine factors influencing flooding phenomena such as, distance to rivers, slope, streams density, altitude, flow accumulation, rainfall, soil type, geology and land use are integrated in the flood susceptibility calculation. Based on semi-quantitative statistical approach namely, Analytical Hierarchic Process (AHP), the weighting of each parameter is calculated. The Flood Susceptibility Global Index (FSGI) is evaluated using the weighted linear combination of the whole parameters used in this analysis. As a result, the flood susceptibility map is established by the classification of the envisaged index into five classes. The outcome of this analysis indicates that 41% of the study area characterized by very low susceptibility, 28% of the total area characterized by low susceptibility, 19% for the moderate flood susceptibility zones, 09% and 3% for the high and very high flood susceptibility areas, respectively. The establishment of the flood susceptibility map enabled us to understand the distribution of flood-prone areas and to better explain the preventive aspect of potential floods to local and/or regional communities in order to minimize the fatal effects of the hydrological risk.

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A geodecisional method based in Analytical Hierarchy Process and Geographic Information System to the flood susceptibility mapping of the Sidi Bel Abbes Territory (NW of Algeria)

Chehibi,

Hamidi,

Roukh

2024

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“…India is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world after Bangladesh, and they are fairly common throughout the country (Singh, Kumar, 2017). Historical records indicate the high vulnerability of Northwestern Algeria to floods, where more than 130 floods occurred, some of which were catastrophic (Sardou et al, 2018).…”

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Extreme Hydrological Phenomena in the Esil River Basin: Genesis, General Patterns of Manifestation

Plekhanov¹,

Medeu²

2019

J. Ecol. Eng.

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The research subject involves dangerous hydrological phenomena (floods) in the Esil River Basin (Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions). The aim set by the authors was to improve the theoretical knowledge about floods and inundations, in order to contribute to solving the general problem of ensuring the safety of the territories in the Esil Water Management Basin (WMB) against harmful effects of water. In Kazakhstan, floods are caused by almost all known causes in the world: in most of the country-spring floods, the high-intensity rainfall. Additionally, there were cases when floods occurred as a result of dam failures (e.g. in the case of the Kyzylagash village in the Almaty region). Annually, the damage caused by floods throughout Kazakhstan amounts to several tens of billions of tenge. The predicted increase in air temperature and precipitation, coupled with the intensive development of farmland river valleys, will undoubtedly lead to the increase in the frequency and destructive power of floods. Therefore, developing a set of measures to prevent and protect against floods constitutes an urgent task. These measures will significantly reduce the expenses for the liquidation of the flood effects. The data on extreme hydrological phenomena (EHP) in the Esil River basin were collected and systematized. The conditions for the formation of high floods on the rivers of the researched region were studied. Various "typical" scenarios of the formation of dangerous and catastrophic floods were presented. The periods of passage of snow-melt floods (high floods) and other regularities of the intra-annual water regime in the Esil river basin were determined.

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Historical floods within the Selenga river basin: chronology and extreme events

Kadetova

Radziminovich

2020

Nat Hazards

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The November 26 and 27, 1927 devastating flood event (NW Algeria): characterization and reconstruction using historical data

Cited by 5 publications

References 44 publications

A geodecisional method based in Analytical Hierarchy Process and Geographic Information System to the flood susceptibility mapping of the Sidi Bel Abbes Territory (NW of Algeria)

A geodecisional method based in Analytical Hierarchy Process and Geographic Information System to the flood susceptibility mapping of the Sidi Bel Abbes Territory (NW of Algeria)

Extreme Hydrological Phenomena in the Esil River Basin: Genesis, General Patterns of Manifestation

Historical floods within the Selenga river basin: chronology and extreme events

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