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… spell, the Westphalia floods, the Mediterranean summer heat wave, Hurricane Ida, the Po Valley tornado outbreak, Medicane … and intensity of extreme events such as cold spells, heat waves, storms or floods. A pertinent question is then …
… of the wind statistics variations on the water level, wave loads, and required levee height along the Dutch lakes … of the wind sta- tistics variations on the water level, wave loads, and required levee height along the Dutch lakes … lead to a 2% increase in storm set-up and 1% increase in wave height. Conse- quently, the wave runup level and …
… moment to cut off and store the top of the flood wave that poses the greatest threat. As such, there is a … decisions on the use of the polders to modify a flood wave require information not only on their hydrological but … related to groundwater recharge, car- bon sequestration, heat mitigation, biodiversity and vari- ous recreational …
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… intense, the region was experiencing a record-breaking heat wave.95 In Death Valley, a temperature of 54.4°C was recorded … ecostress-monitors-californias-record- breaking-heat-wave 96 https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/ …
… months after the flood event. Participation in each survey wave was volun- tary and therefore participation decreased in each wave. All in all, 227 respondents could be considered as … were based on a standardised questionnaire. In the first wave, the questionnaire was focused on flood dam- age and …
… Ocean, the coastline is subject to a very energetic wave regime (Fortunato et al. 2016). The climate in Portugal … tidal range amplification (Guerreiro et al. 2015). Wave propagation into the estuary is constrained by the … coast of Ireland is frequently struck by a very energetic wave climate that is often responsible for coastal flooding …
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… construction. The severity of extreme events like drought, heat waves, forest fires and flooding has intensified over … this dam until the dam was breached releasing a rapid wave of water and soil. Erosion from this release may well …
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… interesting to note in terms of travel times of the flood wave that the Altenahr gauge stopped working on July 14 at … process. And unlike the Ahr valley, where energy and heat was restored or at least temporary solutions provided … on the side of the streets during extended days of summer heat and dry spells initially caused an unbearable amount of …
… to be solved, resulting in diffusive or kinematic wave approxi- mations. Further simplifications, providing …
… free- board. However, at the time of the first high water wave in 2002, approximately 5% of the levee system of …
… Nature 583, 560–566 (2020). 7. Guerreiro et al., “Future heat-waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities”, … calls inquiring where to buy paracetamol and how to heat up baked beans with no electricity.25 If the UK is to be …
… warmed 1˚C above preindustrial temperatures, and summer heat waves like 2018 are likely to happen every other year by …

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