The Great flood of 1993.

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Natural disaster survey reportPublication details: [Silver Spring, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, 1994Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)Report number: 94-0127-PDDC classification:

363.34930973 GRE

Subject: The Great Flood of 1993 was the most devastating flood in the 20th century. Initial assessments indicate that losses range between $15 and $20 billion. More than 50,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and nearly 54,000 people were evacuated from flood areas. This disaster survey team's assessment of the National Weather Service's (NWS) performance during the floods evaluated the overall hydrologic forecast and warning system and makes recommendations for improvement. The team found that, in many cases, human judgment and expertise compensated for serious deficiencies in the current technical forecast and warning system. In fact, most of the deficiencies described in the report relate to technological inadequacies, most of which will be corrected by the NWS modernization. The report specifically examines the impacts of the flooding; the hydrometeorological setting; hydrologic and hydraulic forecast methodology; data acquisition, telecommunication, facilities, and computer systems; warning and forecast services; coordination and dissemination; and preparedness and user-response issues

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.34930973 GRE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005730529

"February 1994."

Includes bibliographical references

The Great Flood of 1993 was the most devastating flood in the 20th century. Initial assessments indicate that losses range between $15 and $20 billion. More than 50,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, and nearly 54,000 people were evacuated from flood areas. This disaster survey team's assessment of the National Weather Service's (NWS) performance during the floods evaluated the overall hydrologic forecast and warning system and makes recommendations for improvement. The team found that, in many cases, human judgment and expertise compensated for serious deficiencies in the current technical forecast and warning system. In fact, most of the deficiencies described in the report relate to technological inadequacies, most of which will be corrected by the NWS modernization. The report specifically examines the impacts of the flooding; the hydrometeorological setting; hydrologic and hydraulic forecast methodology; data acquisition, telecommunication, facilities, and computer systems; warning and forecast services; coordination and dissemination; and preparedness and user-response issues

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.