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A brand new section containing all the Imprints project videos has been released!
A brand new section containing all the Imprints project videos has been released!. Click here to watch them.
In the link above you will find useful information as well as the new uploaded videos from the International workshop on EU Flood directive implementation in Mediterranean zone event which was held the last 17th of June in Barcelona.
We will be uploading many more videos soon.
Flash flood and Debris flood in the Var (France), 15th June 2010
25 people have been killed by flash flood in south-eastern France on 15th June 2010. Typical torrential rainfall called “cévenol” hit the mountains above the Cote D'Azur region. This very intense and exceptional storm has particularly affected the department of the Var: around 400 mm fell on the region of Les Arcs, and more than 300 mm during 12 hours. Other departments have been hit...Read more: Flash flood and Debris flood in the Var (France), 15th June 2010
Workshop IMPRINTS Barcelona, 17th June, 2010
International workshop on EU Flood directive implementation in Mediterranean zone: Tools and challenges for efficient risk managementThe aim of this workshop is to show advanced scientific and technical tools oriented to support the implementation of the directive in Mediterranean basins, where inundation is usually due to flash floods, and to raise a joint reflection between experts...
Landslide in Calabria, Italy
Torrential rains in the south of Italy have caused the evacuation of at least 2300 residents, alter the whole section of a hillside broke off and came hurtling down onto the town of Maierato (Calabria). In Sicily, a landslide in the town of San Fratello, near Messina, has caused 1500 people to be evacuated. The mudflow was nearly halted on Monday when the rain briefly stopped but fresh...Rain causes floods in Andalusia
On February 15th 2010 a severe storm occurred in the South of Andalucía (Spain). It has represented one of the most important one over the last fifteen years. The Mediterranean coast and the Guadalhorce valley (Malaga Province) were particularly affected.Although the storm was not particularly intense (maximum hourly intensities within the basin of 12mm/h), it lasted long enough to produce...
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