- National Weather Service: Water
NWS National Hydrologic Assessment highlights flood risks across the United States.
www.nws.noaa.gov/ahps
- Willamette Valley Flood of 1996
Photos, causes, and comparisons to the flood of 1964.
zebu.uoregon.edu/1996/es202/flood.html
- Midwest Floods 2008 (7)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Floods/Midwest_Floods_2008
- Coping With Floods
Find out how to prepare your home or farm to best protect it from a flood. Also learn about dealing with flood-related stress.
www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/flood
- Rivers Unleashed - Flood of '97
Commemorative Special Section from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
enquirer.com/flood_of_97
- HowStuffWorks: How Floods Work
Explores the negative impact of floods as well as some of the benefits. Article also examines how human construction can contain flooding or, in some cases, cause it.
science.howstuffworks.com/flood.htm
- Virginia Floods
Examines the four basic types of floods that afflict Virginia: coastal, urban, flash, and river flooding.
www.nws.noaa.gov/er/lwx/Historic_Events/va-floods.html
- Significant Floods in the United States During the 20th Century
From the United States Geological Survey. Includes regional, flash, ice-jam, debris, and levee-failure floods.
ks.water.usgs.gov/Kansas/pubs/fact-sheets/fs.024-00.html
- Weather.com: Flood Research
List of joint programs between private industry and governmental agencies forecasting and dealing with floods and flash floods.
www.weather.com/encyclopedia/flood/research.html
- Flood Warning
Describes flood warning technologies, methods, and partnerships.
www.alertsystems.org
- USGS WaterWatch
Map of real-time streamflow compared to historical streamflow for the day of the year for the United States.
water.usgs.gov/waterwatch
- Fargo Flood Centennial Page
Historic photos, and links relevant to flood conditions along the Red River of the North.
www.ndsu.nodak.edu/fargoflood
- Texas Flood
Photo essay of the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Allison. From Time Magazine.
www.time.com/time/photoessays/texasflood
- Flooding Photos
Collection of photographs tagged with "flooding" on Flickr.
www.flickr.com/photos/tags/flooding/clusters
- NOAAWatch: Floods
NOAA provides information about floods and flash floods, the number one weather-related killer in the United States. Find current river conditions and flood forecasting data from the National Weather Service 13 River Forecast Centers.
www.noaawatch.gov/floods.php
- NOVA: Flood!
Engineers have labored for thousands of years to lessen the risk, but their attempts at managing Mother Nature have been mixed, often resulting in as much failure as success.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flood
- Wikipedia: Flood
Hyperlinked overview of floods. Provides main causes, flood planning and management, and significant historical floods.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood
- Environment Agency: Flood
Find current flood warnings for England and Wales, a flood map to find the likelihood of flooding in your area, and tips for managing flood risk and installing your own flood defences.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood
- Floodplain Management Association
Established in 1990 to promote the reduction of flood losses and to encourage the protection and enhancement of natural floodplain values.
floodplain.org
- Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)
Organization of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, the National Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning, and recovery.
www.floods.org
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